Contact: Day Gardner
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Dr. Alveda C. King, Civil Rights for the Unborn and Dr. Day Gardner, National Black Pro-Life Union also co-Hosts of The Vision TV Show (WATC – Channel 57)
On July 24, 2024, a Manhattan federal court sentenced Bevelyn Beatty Williams, a 33-year-old pro-life advocate to almost three and a half years in prison for preaching the Gospel outside a New York Planned Parenthood abortion clinic and blocking the entrance.
"Bevelyn was guilty of telling women the truth. Abortion kills children," said Gardner. "According to scripture children are a blessing. Psalm 127:3 clearly states that children are a heritage from the Lord. They are indeed a gift and a reward from Him and should never be flushed down toilets or discarded in trash bins."
“It’s hard to believe that Bevelyn Beatty Williams tried so hard to give God’s word of love and light to women and girls in need – and is now denied mothering her own young child,” said King. “As we remember my Uncle Martin Luther King’s powerful, I Have a Dream speech, let us also realize the dream was -- and is for all of GOD’s children, born and unborn. How can the dream survive if we kill the children?”
Bevelyn was convicted for violating the Freedom of Access to Clinic Entrances Act (the FACE ACT) in protest of individuals seeking to obtain or provide abortions, according to the Department of Justice.
King and Gardner believe that Willams is being persecuted for standing for her pro-life Christian beliefs and are calling for her pardon and release today.
“Blessed are they which are persecuted for righteousness' sake: for theirs is the kingdom of heaven. Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake. Rejoice, and be exceeding glad: for great is your reward in heaven: for so persecuted they the prophets which were before you.”
Matthew 5:10-12 KJV
An open letter to the pro-life community and all people of Goodwill. Please click here to sign on to this letter today; as we pray to God for pardon and release of Bevelyn. Also, send to all pastors, elected officials, community leaders, family and friends within your reach.
God bless you.
Dr. Alveda King and Dr. Day Gardner
About Dr. Day Gardner
Day Gardner is a civil rights activist, and founder and President of The National Black Pro-Life Union. She is also a member of the National Clergy Council on Capitol Hill, a member of Project 21 National Advisory Council, and sits on several state and national boards.
Day Gardner was the first black woman to win the title of Miss Atlantic City, (1974) and two years later, won the coveted title of Miss Delaware in 1976. As a representative of the First State, she made history by becoming the first African American contestant to place as a top ten semi-finalist at the 1977 Miss America Pageant while facing racial slurs and death threats.
As former President and Director of Lipford Corporation, she was the thematic and interior designer of The SandCastle, a $40 million dinner theater and nightclub facility located in the center of Guam’s thriving tourist district.