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DerekG Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-06-05 05:28 PM
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Did Rev. King ever make a public statement about abortion?
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The Left has claimed King as one of its spiritual leaders; and rightly so, for--in the last three years of his life--Martin became quite radicalized, his ethos verging on a kind of Christian socialism.

I certainly know what his thoughts were on militarism, poverty, and racism (and how these aforementioned evils preserve capitalism). But what of the issue of reproductive rights, which has since moved to the forefront of the progressive agenda?

True, his murder predated the Roe v. Wade decision, but King certainly would have had something to say about abortion. Would he have favored its decriminalization, or would he have taken the same position as other Christian radicals (Dorothy Day, the Berrigan brothers, the Seamless Garment organization)--and been uncompromisingly pro-life even as he criticized the economic system that encouraged the practice?

Any King scholars lurking about?
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