The event was closed to the press but attended by a reporter from the Colorado Times Recorder, who first reported DeVos’s comments. “They suggested that a state’s ‘choice’ to be slave or to be free had no moral question in it.”She said Lincoln “reminded those pro-choicers” that most Americans viewed slavery as a “vast moral evil.”“Lincoln was right about slavery ‘choice’ then, and he would be right about the life ‘choice’ today,” she said. Freedom is about having the right to do what we ought.”ADIn her telling, abortion is an evil akin to slavery, placing those who support legalized abortion rights on a moral par with those who backed slavery in Lincoln’s time. “Would welcome the opportunity to educate you.”While DeVos’s comments are certain to offend abortion rights supporters, they may help fuel support from Christian conservatives who are an important part of President Trump’s base. On Friday, Trump plans to become the first president to speak at the annual antiabortion March for Life.

Source: Washington Post January 24, 2020 04:41 UTC