{"id":213143,"date":"2019-10-26T13:12:28","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T18:12:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=213143"},"modified":"2019-11-01T15:22:14","modified_gmt":"2019-11-01T20:22:14","slug":"kanye-west-abortion-jesus-is-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/kanye-west-abortion-jesus-is-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Kanye West rails against abortion in \u2018Jesus Is King\u2019 interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p>Kanye West, controversial rapper and husband of Kim Kardashian, sat down this week with radio host and former bodyguard Big Boy to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?time_continue=646&amp;v=t568Nd7k_Yk\">discuss a new turn in the rapper\u2019s career<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cGold Digger\u201d star, who has previously tweeted provocatively on the subject of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcwashington.com\/entertainment\/music\/Kanye-West-Stirs-Controversy-with-Provocative-Abortion-Tweet-116867698.html\">abortion<\/a>, now appears to have changed his tune. This week, he dropped his album Jesus is King, a far different focus from the rest of his previous work. The star\u2019s views haven\u2019t just changed on religion and music, however. During the interview, the star discussed his newfound worldview, and on issues that affect the Black community.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDemocrats had us voting Democrat for food stamps for years, bro. What you talking about? Guns in the 80s, taking the fathers out of the home, Plan B, lowering our votes, making us abort our children. Thou shall not kill&#8230; I can\u2019t tell y\u2019all how to feel. But what I can tell you honestly is how I feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sjfKT_Cx_RE\" width=\"640\" height=\"355\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><span data-mce-type=\"bookmark\" style=\"display: inline-block; width: 0px; overflow: hidden; line-height: 0;\" class=\"mce_SELRES_start\">\ufeff<\/span><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Kanye isn\u2019t alone in feeling like this. Black Americans are an increasingly significant part of the pro-life movement, with prominent <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/4-african-americans-dedicated-saving-lives-abortion\/\">leaders<\/a> like Dr. Alveda King, Roland Warren, DJ Carter, and Christina Bennett. President of the Radiance Foundation, Ryan Bomberger, has called out Planned Parenthood for its eugenic philosophies, both past and present.<\/p>\n<div class=\"video-container\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">There is no group that kills more black Americans than Planned Parenthood.<\/p>\n<p>Abortion is the most lethal form of racism. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BlackHistoryMonth?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BlackHistoryMonth<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/DefundPP?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#DefundPP<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pxAi6HeF14\">pic.twitter.com\/pxAi6HeF14<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Live Action (@LiveAction) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/LiveAction\/status\/1095874519322030080?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 14, 2019<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/div>\n<p>The largest abortion provider in the country, Planned Parenthood, has a eugenicist past that has targeted African Americans. In 1939, founder Margaret Sanger notoriously <a href=\"https:\/\/libex.smith.edu\/omeka\/files\/original\/d6358bc3053c93183295bf2df1c0c931.pdf\">wrote<\/a>, \u201cWe do not want word to get out that we want to exterminate the Negro population and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members.\u201d And her legacy tragically continues today. Abortion still <a href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/abortions-devastating-impact-upon-black-americans\/\">disproportionately targets<\/a> Black Americans and minorities. Planned Parenthood has been caught on video <a href=\"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/what-we-do\/investigations\/racially-motivated-donations\/\">accepting<\/a> donations for racist and eugenicist abortions.<\/p>\n<p>Kanye identified how different this is for him, and how his fans might not care for his new direction. \u201cPeople said this is going to be horrible for your career,\u201d he said to Big Boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDid you worry about that?\u201d asked Big Boy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMan, I fear and love God. When you remove the fear and love of God, you create the fear and love of everything else.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><em><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveactionnewsonline\/\">\u201cLike\u201d Live Action News on Facebook<\/a>\u00a0for more pro-life news and commentary!<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kanye West, controversial rapper and husband of Kim Kardashian, sat down this week with radio host and former bodyguard Big Boy to discuss a new turn in the rapper\u2019s career. The \u201cGold Digger\u201d star, who has previously tweeted provocatively on the subject of abortion, now appears to have changed his tune. 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