DeVos, a Christian conservative, discussed the Trump administration's record of opposition to abortion, and said she was reminded of President Abraham Lincoln.
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos compared the abortion rights debate to the battle to eliminate slavery during remarks at a Colorado Christian University event in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday night.
Similar comparisons between slavery and abortion by conservatives have drawn intense criticism. For example, minority members of the Utah Legislature, all of them Democrats,by GOP Lt. Gov Spencer Cox comparing abortion to slavery at an Eagle Forum convention earlier this month. In addition, DeVos in her Q&A session with Hewitt said the department’s much-criticized final rule on the Title IX law, which protects students from sexual discrimination or harassment, is coming “soon," according to the Colorado Times Recorder.
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