The ethnic minority members of Utah’s Legislature, all Democrats, took issue with a comment made by Lt. Gov. Spencer Cox comparing abortion to slavery at the Eagle Forum convention on Saturday.
Cox appeared with three other Republican candidates for governor at the conservative gathering in Sandy. They were asked if they would sign a bill defining life as beginning at conception. Cox, who is the front-runner at this early stage, said he believes future generations will come to view abortion as negatively as people today view slavery.
“To compare the brutal enslavement of black Americans to a woman’s constitutionally protected right is offensive,” said Rep.