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Alveda King: Christians Have a Responsibility to Vote Pro-Life

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Martin Luther King, Jr.'s niece, Alveda King, is calling on Christians to vote pro-life when it comes to the 2016 elections.

"As you know, it's so important that we always embrace the sanctity of life. One way to do that is to vote pro-life in every election," she said.

King is no stranger to abortions. She revealed that before her career as an outspoken pro-life activist she underwent "secret abortions."

"I did have some secret abortions myself, which I repented from when I was born again in 1983," she said. "I drank the abortion Kool-Aid temporarily because I thought it was the answer."

Her stance regarding life dramatically changed after she was saved, leading her to fight for the unborn.

"Women absolutely have a right to choose what we do with our bodies. I'll argue anybody down who says we don't. But then the baby needs a lawyer. Where's the baby's lawyer?" King said.

She is now the director of Civil Rights for the Unborn for Priests for Life and is asking people to pray along with her organization in their Election Prayer for Life.

"As we pray, let's remember that this is such an important era in the history of America," she admonished. "We have fought and won many battles. Too many of our young people don't know our history; many of us have forgotten. All lives hang in the balance."

King also noted that we need to educate fellow Christians when it comes to voting for the right people to protect the sanctity of life.

"Now, as Christians, we are blessed with the responsibility of educating our communities regarding the importance of voting for the sanctity of life in the upcoming elections, and indeed all elections," she said.

"This responsibility isn't just for now," she added. "This voter education effort should be an ongoing outreach for people of faith! We must continually work to obtain and preserve the right to vote and future votes of babies in the womb, their parents, the sick, the elderly, the poor, all Americans."

King says there is a way to protect both women and babies without killing anyone.

"We need to figure out how we can protect women, keep women healthy, have a good community, without killing anybody. And it can be done," she said.

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