Ayanna Pressley skewers Betsy DeVos for comparing abortion rights to slavery: “Say this to my face"
The congresswoman tells Trump's secretary of education that she "would welcome the opportunity to educate you"
Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos came under heavy criticism after comparing the abortion rights debate to the battle to end slavery during a speech to Christian students Wednesday in Washington.
DeVos claimed that former Republican President Abraham Lincoln also "contended with the pro-choice arguments of his day," while speaking at a Colorado Christian University at the Museum of the Bible, according to the Colorado Times Recorder.
"They suggested that a state's choice to be slave or to be free had no moral question in it," DeVos said. "Well, President Lincoln reminded those pro-choicers that is a vast portion of the American people that do not look upon that matter as being this very little thing. They look upon it as a vast moral evil."
"Lincoln was right about the slavery 'choice' then, and he would be right about the life 'choice' today," she continued. "Because, as it's been said: Freedom is not about doing what we want. Freedom is about having the right to do what we ought."
"There are many in the pro-life movement who heroically work to make abortion unconstitutional," she added. "Tonight, let's talk about making it unthinkable." CONTINUE READING: Ayanna Pressley skewers Betsy DeVos for comparing abortion rights to slavery: “Say this to my face" | Salon.com