On the recordFebruary 3, 2021
I thank my good friend for his comments and for his leadership. Madam Speaker, one of my friends now for quite a long time has been the niece of the late Dr. Martin Luther King. Alveda King is her name. Dr. King used to be pro-choice. Very strongly so. She actually had two abortions. Then she became pro-life. And she has become passionately pro-life not just for the babies, but maybe even more so for the women. She has said: How can the dream of my uncle, Martin Luther King, survive if we murder the children? She speaks and reaches out to women who are post-abortive with such compassion, as do so many organizations and women; to women who have the abortions, to help them, to love them, and to care for them. Alveda King is an example to be followed. Like her uncle and his bold and tremendous civil rights leadership, she argues--again, she is the niece of Dr. King--that this is the new civil rights movement and we need to protect and provide legal protection for these innocent unborn babies. Madam Speaker, I yield to the gentleman from Texas (Mr. Babin). Dr. Brian Babin is a member of the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee and the Science, Space, and Technology Committee. Dr. Babin is the sponsor of H.R. 28, Protecting Life in Crisis Act.
