The niece of the late civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr. told Fox News on Friday that instead of resigning over a racist 1984 yearbook photo, Virginia Gov. Ralph Northam (D) should "rescind all of the legislation that he has approved that supports the crime against humanity which is abortion."

The commentary from Alveda King, who serves as a Fox News contributor, comes as Democratic Party leaders have called on Northam to resign, a prospect he has rejected despite overwhelming pressure to do so.

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"When the story initially broke, I said well, wow, 35 years ago we need to forgive him. However, forgiveness is one but how do we move forward is another thing," she told "Fox & Friends."

"And rather than to ask the governor to resign, I would ask him to rescind all of the legislation that he has approved that supports the crime against humanity which is abortion," King continued. "I would say stay there, reverse all those actions, stop agreeing to kill little human beings in the womb. You are a pediatrician. You know those are human beings right there in the womb."