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'''Dr. Dolores Bernadette Grier''' is an [[African American]] [[pro-life]] activist and non-fiction author.

'''Dr. Dolores Bernadette Grier''' was an [[African American]] [[pro-life]] activist and non-fiction author.

When Grier was a teenager she converted to [[Roman Catholic]]ism. She graduated with a master's degree in social work from [[Fordham University]]. In 1980 she heard a "persuasive, dynamic speech in defense of all human life from conception" by the [[Jesse Jackson|Rev. Jesse Jackson]] and credits this speech with bringing her into the pro-life movement. She lamented in her book, ''Death by Abortion: The Basic Facts'', the course Jackson took in his career by saying, "Regrettably, Rev. Jackson joined the Democratic political party and adopted its [[pro-abortion]]/pro-choice platform. Too many legislators, [[Republican]] and [[Democratic]], have chosen to walk on the 'comfort zone' bridge of pro-choice, thus turning their backs on the unborn human beings, perhaps because they are not yet voters or members of a political action group."<ref>[http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.6/diplomaticcorps.html Envoy Magazine, ''Bella Abzug Didn't Like Her, But We Sure Do: When it comes to her Catholic Faith, Dolores Bernadette Grier loves it, lives it and defends it'', November/December 1998]</ref>

When Grier was a teenager she converted to [[Roman Catholic]]ism. She graduated with a master's degree in social work from [[Fordham University]]. In 1980 she heard a "persuasive, dynamic speech in defense of all human life from conception" by the [[Jesse Jackson|Rev. Jesse Jackson]] and credits this speech with bringing her into the pro-life movement. She lamented in her book, ''Death by Abortion: The Basic Facts'', the course Jackson took in his career by saying, "Regrettably, Rev. Jackson joined the Democratic political party and adopted its [[pro-abortion]]/pro-choice platform. Too many legislators, Republican and Democratic, have chosen to walk on the 'comfort zone' bridge of pro-choice, thus turning their backs on the unborn human beings, perhaps because they are not yet voters or members of a political action group."<ref>[http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.6/diplomaticcorps.html Envoy Magazine, ''Bella Abzug Didn't Like Her, But We Sure Do: When it comes to her Catholic Faith, Dolores Bernadette Grier loves it, lives it and defends it'', November/December 1998]</ref>

In 1993 the New York city branch of the [[NAACP]] selected her to be the recipient of the Women's History Month award, she refused it and membership because of the organization's stance on abortion. "As president of the Association of Black Catholics," she wrote, "I believe [[abortion]] to be a racist weapon of genocide against black people. It has been thrust upon black women as a solution to their economic crises, confusion and concern."<ref>[http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.6/diplomaticcorps.html Envoy Magazine, ''Bella Abzug Didn't Like Her, But We Sure Do: When it comes to her Catholic Faith, Dolores Bernadette Grier loves it, lives it and defends it'', November/December 1998]</ref>

In 1993, the New York City branch of the [[NAACP]] selected her to be the recipient of the Women's History Month award, she refused it and membership because of the organization's stance on abortion. "As president of the Association of Black Catholics," she wrote, "I believe [[abortion]] to be a racist weapon of genocide against black people. It has been thrust upon black women as a solution to their economic crises, confusion and concern."<ref>[http://www.envoymagazine.com/backissues/2.6/diplomaticcorps.html Envoy Magazine, ''Bella Abzug Didn't Like Her, But We Sure Do: When it comes to her Catholic Faith, Dolores Bernadette Grier loves it, lives it and defends it'', November/December 1998]</ref>

   

   

Grier sits on the Board of Advisors of the [[Catholic League]] and is founder of [[Black Catholics Against Abortion]].  

Grier sat on the Board of Advisors of the [[Catholic League]] and founded [[Black Catholics Against Abortion]]. She died on February 22, 2018, her birthday.<ref>Novielli, Carole (March 1, 2018). [https://www.liveaction.org/news/grier-pro-life-black-genocide/ Remembering Dr. Dolores Grier, pro-life activist who decried abortion as Black genocide]. ''Live Action''. Retrieved March 16, 2018.</ref>

"Yesterday they snatched babies from our arms and sold them into slavery, today they snatch them from our womb and throw them into the garbage."<ref>[http://www.nationalcenter.org/p217103.htm ''Could Someone Please Tell Me Why...?'', A New Visions Commentary, R. D. Davis, July 1996]</ref>

*"Yesterday they snatched babies from our arms and sold them into slavery, today they snatch them from our womb and throw them into the garbage."<ref>[http://www.nationalcenter.org/p217103.htm ''Could Someone Please Tell Me Why...?'', A New Visions Commentary, R. D. Davis, July 1996]</ref>

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