Atlanta, Ga., Mar 28, 2012 / 01:21 am
Several pro-life leaders urged prayer and justice in the wake of the Florida shooting of 17-year-old high school student Trayvon Martin by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch patrolman.
“Our hearts go out to the family of Trayvon, his young life cut so short,” said Day Gardner, founder of the National Black Prolife Union.
“As we pray for other lives lost, including those in the womb, it is important for us to remember that every life is sacred, from conception and fertilization until natural death. There was nothing natural about the killing of Trayvon, and we are saddened.”
Dr. Alveda King, niece of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., said she is praying for Martin’s family.