‘We must educate our communities on the radicalism of abortion’
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[Editor’s note: This story originally was published by Live Action News.]
By Lisa Bast
Live Action News
Terry Beatley’s foray into the pro-life movement began as a fierce parental rights advocate after learning about how organizations like National Abortion Rights Action League (NARAL) and Planned Parenthood were behind pro-abortion and anti-parental rights bills.
For three years, Beatley served as a volunteer with ParentalRights.org, tasked with educating her rural Virginia community about the impending evisceration of parental rights amid concerns the UN Convention on the Rights of the Child Treaty was gaining momentum in the US Senate.
Beatley told Live Action News, “This treaty would have provided an even more permanent and drastic loss of parental rights in the USA if ratified. Thankfully, it was not. Around this time, I began to research the history of the abortion/contraception movement and got introduced to the movie Maafa 21 about Black genocide in the 21st century. The movie powerfully highlighted the racist roots of Planned Parenthood.”
Seeing the movie was the catalyst for Beatley to contact a local black minister whom she had been trying to connect with for months.
“I called him and asked for a three-hour appointment so I could show him the movie,” Beatley said. “He agreed to my request, and we watched the movie together.”
Afterward, Beatley asked his thoughts about the movie.
Beatley said, “He leaned forward, shook his finger at me, and declared, ‘I will never again vote for a pro-abortion candidate. Abortion is annihilating my race and it is wrong.’ This showed the importance of informing black Americans about Planned Parenthood.”
In June 2009, during the two nights of the Love of Life Conference at the pastor’s church, Maafa was shown to the attendees and the response was overwhelming.
