A. D. King's Arguments Against Abortion

Abortion is a very touchy subject with very little middle ground. Every year around one-million developing fetuses are aborted for various reasons, usually financial problems. While technological advancements in medical science have made abortion a simple step to avoid unwanted pregnancies there are still negative repercussions. Abortion, specifically late stage abortion, should not be accepted by our society because the fetus can feel pain at 20 weeks, abortions are thinning the population of minority groups, and the child is never given a chance.
One of the key arguments of abortion is whether or not the fetus is a developing human. At 20 weeks the fetus is still able to feel pain Utah recently passed a law that requires doctors to give anesthesia to a fetus prior to performing an abortion
Alveda C. King, daughter of slain civil-rights leader A.D. King and niece of Martin Luther King, Jr., quotes her uncle often when outlining her opposition of abortion. She writes: "Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, 'The Negro cannot win as long as he is willing to sacrifice the lives of his children for comfort and safety.' How can the 'Dream' survive if we murder the children? Every aborted baby is like a slave in the womb of his or her mother. The mother decides his or her fate." Alveda King expresses concern in a similar way to Susan A. Cohen when she writes: “ This much is true: In the United States, the abortion rate for black women is almost five times that for white women. Anti abortion activists, including some African-American pastors, have been waging a campaign around this fact, falsely asserting that the disparity is the result of aggressive marketing by abortion providers to minority communitie”. Abortions in minority communities are far too common, abortion thins the population of minority groups without ever taking into account the rights of the