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Monday, August 3, 2015

Mike Huckabee: I Won't Rule Out Using Federal Troops And The FBI To Prevent Abortion

U.S. Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee speaks to the 42nd annual meeting of the American Legislative Exchange Council in San Diego, California July 23, 2015.  REUTERS/Mike Blake - RTX1LKV3
Alan: Only 20% of Americans want to proscribe abortion under any circumstance. http://wps.ablongman.com/long_sobel_pto_1/40/10417/2666961.cw/content/index.html
And if rape-impregnation of your 12 year old daughter by Willie Horton were stipulated in polling questions, the number of Americans who "say" they oppose abortion under any circumstance would dwindle.
Just how low do you think the number would go? 5%? 2%? 
My point is this. 
If "a line" can be drawn somewhere other Absolutely No Abortion Under Any Circumstance, then people-of-conscience can conscionably choose different legal thresholds for when abortion is permissible.
Mike Huckabee: I won't rule out using federal troops and the FBI to prevent abortion

On the war on women, Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee once said:
“I think it’s time Republicans no longer accept listening to the Democrats talk about a 'war on women,'" Huckabee said during a speech at the Republican National Committee's winter meeting in Washington. "The fact is the Republicans don’t have a war on women, they have a war for women, to empower them to be something other than victims of their gender.”
Now, less than two years after that statement, Huckabee hints he would have an all-out real war on women's private health decisions, troops and all:
Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee indicated Thursday that if elected, he wouldn’t rule out employing federal troops or the Federal Bureau of Investigation to stop abortion from taking place in the United States.
Though the U.S. Supreme Court ruled against bans on abortion, Huckabee said past presidents have defied Supreme Court rulings.
Supreme Court and laws of the land be damned, Huckabee does what Huckabee wants to do:
“Would that be a huge controversy?” the former Arkansas governor asked. “Yes.”
So, there you go. Mike Huckabee, who doesn't think there is a conservative war on women, is now saying out loud that he wouldn't rule out using federal troops and the FBI for an actual war on women.

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