Posted on 06/22/2009 2:46:03 PM PDT by wagglebee
Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- In an interview with Jon Stewart of the "Daily Show" on Comedy Central last week, former presidential candidate Mike Huckabee blasted the false notion that common ground exists in the abortion debate.
The notion that there is common ground on killing children and hurting women has been repeatedly taken to task by pro-life advocates.
Huckabee said that abortion advocates don't want to give an inch in the abortion debate by accepting even modest limits on abortion such as parental notification, which would allow parents to know when their daughters are considering the life-altering decision.
Stewart talked about how abortion advocates may have the best interests of women in mind, but Huckabee countered that pro-life advocates care for both mother and child.
"See, Jon, I don't know of a pro-life person that believes if the mother's physical health is in jeopardy that you just let the mother die in order to save the child. Your ideal would be to save both," he said.
Huckabee added that there can be no common ground on abortion just as there was no common ground on the issue of slavery.
"I think one of the fundamental questions that we would have to come to is does a person have a right to own another person. That really is the issue. Can a person own another person? Can a mother totally own the child? Can the father totally own the child?" he asked.
"The question is, is that life inside the mother a human life? If it is, then that human life has equal value to the 70-year-old man, to the 7-year-old child. There is no point at which human life loses its intrinsic worth and value. Do we have the right to own another person?" the former Arkansas governor added.
"There's an equality to human life. No one is worth more than another; no one is worth less than another," he said.
Pressed further to accept the notion that there could be common ground, Huckabee said he would be willing to support efforts that truthfully reduce abortions and don't just give more money to pro-abortion groups like Planned Parenthood.
"I would be certainly favorable to anything that helps us preserve every human life and to treat it with dignity and worth," he said.
Huckabee also said the abortion debate itself is a place where both sides can be more hospitable than hostile to each other.
"We don't need to shout at each other and we sure don't need to shoot each other," Huckabee said.
During the discussion, Stewart said he identifies more with the pro-abortion camp but admitted he's in "the squishy middle" of the debate.
"I think one of the fundamental questions that we would have to come to is does a person have a right to own another person. That really is the issue. Can a person own another person? Can a mother totally own the child? Can the father totally own the child?" he asked.
"The question is, is that life inside the mother a human life? If it is, then that human life has equal value to the 70-year-old man, to the 7-year-old child. There is no point at which human life loses its intrinsic worth and value. Do we have the right to own another person?" the former Arkansas governor added.
I don't always agree with Huckabee, but he nails it here.
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NO COMPROMISE WITH BABY KILLERS!
Thank goodness for people who believe in themselves enough to disagree with the Anointed One! Wasn’t a huge fan of Huckabee, but keep it up and I might become one!
For some reason, Huckabee just never "seemed right" to me, but I have always been impressed with his dedication to pro-life issues.
I detest the man, but I applaud his clear statement regarding life.
Abortion is either...
A Libertarian issue or
A Natural Law Violation
I can see no middle ground between these positions
That can be grounded Legally or Morally
Yes I think that convinces me.
Is the title “Common Ground”
or should it be
“No Common Ground”?
Or is it the stupid reporters/supposedly journalists again?
FANTASTIC JOB huckabee, I think you reached some people and opened some eyes.
Steven Ertelt of Life News wrote the article and he certainly isn’t stupid.
Reread the title, “Huckabee Blasts FALSE NOTION That Common Ground Exists...”
Anyone who votes Democrat is an accomplice and complicit in the murder of millions of innocent babies every year. There is no middle ground when confronting evil.
The only "common ground" they usually come up with is to facilitate adoptions. Well, guess what, Jimbo, pro-lifers are way ahead of you folks in not just supporting adoption, but actually doing it.
"Common ground" is just another myth, an election year lie.
He did well. He moved Stewart to the middle. One step at a time.
The Huckster is correct on this...Id never vote for the guy.
well, dang if Huck and I don’t have common ground on the abortion issue........good job, Huck.
I despise this phony Elmer Gantry with every fiber of my being, and I don’t care where he stands on any issue. He’s always been a closet liberal and a liar anyway, so I’m supposed to change my opinion of him because of this? No, thanks. A stopped clock is right twice a day. I hope this scuzzy slimeball is knocked out EARLY in the primaries next time.
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