"Cox has cited his Catholicism and also said his views on abortion were shaped after learning that his father "took advantage" of his mother before marrying her. The couple later divorced.
"She didn't have the choice of an abortion because it wasn't legal. If it had been, it might have been an easy decision to terminate me," Cox wrote in political position paper, "Politicians, Inc.," that was published in 2006. "She didn't, thank God, and so was born my absolute opposition to abortion on demand."
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