BY DOROTHY WEDAD
Reprinted from the May 11, 1973 edition of Muhammad Speaks Newspaper
A more Beautiful Black woman one had not seen. Young of spirit in the Nation of Islam and filled with the fervor to help in the production and development of this Great Nation of Islam under the guidance and leadership of the Most Honorable Elijah Muhammad, the Messenger of Allah. Short-lived was her zeal for life, for soon after she married the young F.O.I. she went to a Black doctor to discover that she would never have children. While in her early teen years, she had become pregnant and her so-called middle class parents decided to "save the family name" by getting her to have a abortion. Unbeknown to either the girl or her parents, the doctor surgically cut her tubes whereby she would never produce again.
If ever there was a time when the Black Woman needs to heed the teachings of the Honorable Elijah Muhammad it is now. In Message to the Black Man in America, page 64. "Birth Control Death Plan, "the Messenger clearly states " No man wants a non -productive woman. Though he may not want children for a time, he does want a woman who can produce a child if he changes his mind.
Using birth control for a social purpose is a sin. At this point we are reminded by the Messenger' s teachings that no woman on earth has undergone the inhuman treatment of the Black Woman. She was abused and misused by the slave master who bred her like one breeds cattle. She has been used by every man on the earth and greatly misused by her own Black man. Thus, her body has become weak and her ability to produce is far less than in her original state.
Slave history tells of our poor women giving birth in the fields and the baby being taken away while the mother kept toiling in the fields, with never a moment's rest. And today, the poor Black sister has to work up until the last minute before delivery and you see her right back on the streets at work as soon as she is able. All praise is due to Allah for coming and raising up the Honorable Elijah Muhammad to teach and guide us along the right path.
The Messenger is putting the Black family back together again. The Black Man in being taught to take care of his family. There is no place in the Nation of Islam for a man who will not take care of his children. This is the way of the Christian, to have children by women and let the women worry about how they will live, to have the woman working to feed you and your children -- this is not the Muslim way.
What kind of Black man would give his woman money to have an abortion, or take her to the abortion clinic and wait outside until she has murdered their baby. What is on his mind! I have known cases where the men borrowed money to give to their women so that they could kill the baby. The devil is sitting back laughing as you and your woman stand in line waiting her turn to murder the baby and laughing at you as you sit in your car on the outside waiting for her to come out. He is thinking what a fool you are for helping him destory your Nation.
Once the Black sister and brother come into the Nation of Islam and learn the Knowledge of self, they want to begin to live the life of the Muslim. However, for the Black Woman, who like the young sister in the beginning of this article, it will be a baren life.
If there are those of you reading this article who are thinking of having a abortion, remember, that it is that same Black man who is now encouraging you to have the abortion, once he learns of the knowledge of self, will not want you if you are unable to produce children.
You my dear sister, will be the one in the end who will lose all. You are to heed the Messenger's warning that using Brith Control for a Social purpose is a sin; and remember this ---- you will not be able to blame that brother, you can only blame yourself.
The Honorable Elijah Muhammad has been teaching for more than 40 years by every means of communication that the devil has made available to Him. You will not be able to blame the devil, for he is doing what he was made to do, so teaches the Honorable Elijah Muhammad. Islam as taught by the Honorable Elijah Muhammad is all over America and the world for all to learn.
Remember the warning in the Holy Qur'an Chapter 14, Section 4, "And the devil will say, when the matter is decided: Surely, Allah promised you a promise of truth and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no authority over you, except that I called you and you obeyed me; so blame me not but blame yourself. " I cannot come to your help, nor can you come to my help. I deny your associating me with Allah before. Surely for the unjust is a painful Chastisement.