Huckabee Puts Abortion Front And Center In 2012 GOP Presidential Primary

[Joanne98]

As a veteran of the abortion wars, it's no big surprise that Republican presidential hopeful Mike Huckabee is making reproductive rights the centerpiece of his (likely) 2012 presidential campaign.

"For me this is an issue that - as I've said before - it transcends all of the political issues," Huckabee told an anti-abortion crowd at a fundraiser the Center for Bioethical Reform. "I've often said I would gladly lose an election before I would ever yield on the issue of the sanctity of human life."

CNN notes that most other GOP contenders have thus far been tight-lipped about social issues. But they don't have their fingers on the pulse of their base. For instance, House Republicans who have spent a huge chunk of their first month in power dedicated to rolling back abortion rights. If Huckabee's competitors think they can rest on their laurels, they're probably mistaken.

http://tpmdc.talkingpointsmemo.com/2011/02/huckabee-puts-abortion-front-and-center-in-2012-gop-presidential-primary.php?ref=fpi

Gotta make the American Taliban happy!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

1. He would gladly lose?

Let's make sure he does!

The government has no business regulating abortion. PERIOD.

Goddamn it.

:mad:

[Deep13]

2. Nice knowing you, Huck. nt

[customerserviceguy]

3. Hey, Hucksterbee

How about the lives of the cops killed by that scum you pardoned?

[denem]

4. I don't believe in very late term abortions

but in Huckabee's case, I'd be prepared to make an exception.

[Mz Pip]

5. With all the pressing problems that

face this country, this is th big one for Huck?

So what's your solution, dear Mike? Th death penalty for women who have one? If it's murder then walk the walk.

But then it really isn't kind of not is it? It's just a political ploy to rally the base of single issue voters.

[Scottybeamer70]

6. single jesus voters...

there...FIFY....:rofl:
sorry.....couldn't resist.....

[mackerel]

7. People like Huckabee go on and on about abortion

but honestly how many abortions are there every year? With all the cotraceptives out there.

I guess it's better than worrying about how to get people back to work.

[LAGC]

8. Assholes like Huckabee won't be satisfied until abortions are once again...

...carried out in back-alleys, underground clinics that won't be subject to any sort of safety standards or regulation at all.

You'll end up with a bunch of Dr. Kermit Gosnells performing questionable very-late-term abortions, since many women wouldn't be able to get access to timely early pregnancy abortions.

Many more women would die from complications of unsanitary procedures.

[Ishoutandscream2]

9. "Sanctity of human life" my ass

Once they're born, they're on their own. Huck, you and your ilk don't seem to care for them then.

[ZombieHorde]

10. I wonder if abortion will be this election's "Ground Zero Mosque" or gay weddings. nt