{"id":25857,"date":"2013-01-22T16:43:57","date_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=25857"},"modified":"2013-01-22T16:44:50","modified_gmt":"2013-01-22T21:44:50","slug":"happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/","title":{"rendered":"Happy birthday, Dr. Alveda King: A right-to-life activist\u2019s birthday wish"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;\" class=\"sharethis-inline-share-buttons\" ><\/div><p><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-25895\" style=\"margin: 2px 11px;\" alt=\"Alveda-King\" src=\"\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Alveda-King.jpg\" width=\"320\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Alveda-King.jpg 320w, https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/Alveda-King-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 320px) 100vw, 320px\" \/>January 22 isn\u2019t only the anniversary of <em>Roe v Wade<\/em>, the landmark court decision which made abortion legal; it\u2019s also the birthday of right-to-life activist Dr. Alveda King. King is the niece of celebrated civil rights activist Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the daughter of slain civil rights activist Rev. A.D. King. As a child, <\/span><a style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.kingforamerica.org\/Groups\/1000031878\/King_for_America\/Speakers_Bureau\/Dr_Alveda_King\/Dr_Alveda_King.aspx\">King\u2019s life<\/a><span style=\"font-size: 13px; line-height: 19px;\"> was in danger; her family\u2019s home and her father\u2019s church office were bombed. Still, the family continued to fight for civil rights. Today, King maintains the family legacy of fighting for the rights of others &#8211; more specifically, the right of the unborn to be born. And each year, King celebrates her own birthday by working to ensure that no child is denied her own birth and birthdays to commemorate.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>This year, King is asking for a gift from each and every one of us. It\u2019s a simple gift. All King wants is a <a href=\"http:\/\/wishes.causes.com\/wishes\/497739\">donation<\/a> of any amount in her honor to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.priestsforlife.org\/staff\/alvedaking.htm\">Priests for Life<\/a>, at which she is currently a pastoral associate and the director of African-American outreach for Priests for Life and Gospel of Life Ministries. On June 23, 2010, King spoke to the members of parliament in London during an all-party parliamentary group on Human Dignity. She reflected on her childhood:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We were spat upon. We were told to go to the back of the bus. We were deemed unworthy to eat or drink with others. We were clubbed and beaten. And we were lynched. We were killed because we were regarded as less than fully human. So it is with the lives of unborn babies \u2013 who are womb-lynched \u2013 today.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>If there\u2019s anything we can do to remember the lives of the 55 million babies killed through abortion over the last 40 years, it\u2019s to support the people who have dedicated their lives to undoing the injustice of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>. So this week, in honor of those precious lost lives, answer King\u2019s call. <a href=\"http:\/\/wishes.causes.com\/wishes\/497739\">Donate to Priests for Life<\/a> for King\u2019s birthday. Or donate to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/\">Live Action<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/studentsforlife.org\/\">Students for Life<\/a> or your local crisis pregnancy center like <a href=\"http:\/\/www.birthright.org\/\">Birthright<\/a>. Even if you don\u2019t have money to give, you can donate baby items to crisis pregnancy centers to help those mothers who do choose life to better care for their children.<\/p>\n<p>It\u2019s been 40 years since abortion became legal. Don\u2019t just fret about it or yell about it; do something. Donating is a great place to start.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How to remember the 55 million babies killed?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":62,"featured_media":26005,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Happy birthday, Dr. Alveda King: A right-to-life activist\u2019s birthday wish - Live Action News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Happy birthday, Dr. Alveda King: A right-to-life activist\u2019s birthday wish - Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"How to remember the 55 million babies killed?\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Live Action News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/liveaction\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2013-01-22T21:43:57+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2013-01-22T21:44:50+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/king.jpg.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"281\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Nancy Flanders\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@liveaction\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Nancy Flanders\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Nancy Flanders\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/d61ca3dd1aacf12635bdf71d75c328ef\"},\"headline\":\"Happy birthday, Dr. Alveda King: A right-to-life activist\u2019s birthday wish\",\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-22T21:43:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-22T21:44:50+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\"},\"wordCount\":426,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Human Rights\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\",\"name\":\"Happy birthday, Dr. Alveda King: A right-to-life activist\u2019s birthday wish - Live Action News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2013-01-22T21:43:57+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2013-01-22T21:44:50+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/happy-birthday-dr-alveda-king\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Happy birthday, Dr. Alveda King: A right-to-life activist\u2019s birthday wish\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/\",\"name\":\"Live Action News\",\"description\":\"Covering Human Rights, Abortion, &amp; 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