Martin Luther King and abortion

[Abyssinia]

Is there any primary source quotation from Martin Luther King where he says he is against abortion?

 

[InspiritCarol]

angelfire.com/mo/baha/king.html

interesting, but not overly specific.

 

[Warrenton]

Remember, Dr. King was killed in 1968. Abortion would not become fully legal until 1973. So, if he opposed abortion, he had the comfort of knowing that the laws of most states supported his belief.

 

[RosaryFan]

His niece, Alveda King, always says that her uncle would have been pro-life. I can’t imagine that he would be anything else. After all, he was all about social justice, especially for the African-Americans, and the abortion industry (particularly, Planned Parenthood) is a direct attack against the African-Americans. If you know the history of Margaret Sanger (founder of Planned Parenthood), she was a known eugenicist who believed the deemed “lower class” of society should be wiped out. Her main target was the African-Americans. That is why most Planned Parenthoods are located in impoverished neighborhoods.

 

[atheistgirl]

If you read ‘‘And the wall came tumbling down’’ you get a sense of not only MLK’s vision, but also his weaknesses.
If the stories told by Abernathy, his close friend and fellow activist about the sex parties, the beatings of prostitutes, the drugs and orgies, are even half true, and theres no reason to think theyre not completely true, I cant imagine MLK gave two hoots about women or the unborn, regardless of what his public persona portrayed.
If one of those prostitutes he beat up ended up getting pregnant, I doubt very much MLK could care less for either the woman or the baby. And if it came close to causing him scandal Im sure both could have been made to disappear conveniently.
Oh, and on the subject of MLK, why is he allowed to continue to be refered to as Dr, when a german guy has just been stripped of his ph.d for plagiarizm. Kings plagiarizm was unearthed when his papers were donated to Stanford. Yet the press played it down, and even though there is a note now attached to his original thesis saying large tracts are copied and uncredited from other sources, Boston still refused to withdraw the doctorate - most likely because they were terrified of the backlash when dealing with such a ‘‘great’’ man.
I have no problem believing King would not be the slightest bit bothered about abortion given his attitude to women and his deceitful character.

Sarah x

 

[Cojuanco]

Remember, Dr. King was killed in 1968. Abortion would not become fully legal until 1973. So, if he opposed abortion, he had the comfort of knowing that the laws of most states supported his belief.

This. The issue would largely not have been on the radar, especially when you take into account that he was concerned mainly with the Civil Rights Movement. The abortionists were still facing heavy resistance in New York around the time he died.

 

[Dakota_Roberts]

If you read ‘‘And the wall came tumbling down’’ you get a sense of not only MLK’s vision, but also his weaknesses.
If the stories told by Abernathy, his close friend and fellow activist about the sex parties, the beatings of prostitutes, the drugs and orgies, are even half true, and theres no reason to think theyre not completely true, I cant imagine MLK gave two hoots about women or the unborn, regardless of what his public persona portrayed.
If one of those prostitutes he beat up ended up getting pregnant, I doubt very much MLK could care less for either the woman or the baby. And if it came close to causing him scandal Im sure both could have been made to disappear conveniently.
Oh, and on the subject of MLK, why is he allowed to continue to be refered to as Dr, when a german guy has just been stripped of his ph.d for plagiarizm. Kings plagiarizm was unearthed when his papers were donated to Stanford. Yet the press played it down, and even though there is a note now attached to his original thesis saying large tracts are copied and uncredited from other sources, Boston still refused to withdraw the doctorate - most likely because they were terrified of the backlash when dealing with such a ‘‘great’’ man.
I have no problem believing King would not be the slightest bit bothered about abortion given his attitude to women and his deceitful character.

Sarah x

While I remember reading about extramarital affairs I don’t remember anything about " sex parties, the beatings of prostitutes, the drugs and orgies".
I think you’ve been duped