The Huckabee 2008 blog has an interesting post on Huckabee’s stance on abortion.

In a Right Wing News interview, the following exchange occurred:

John Hawkins: Switching gears again, do you think we should overturn Roe v. Wade?

Mike Huckabee: It would please me because I think Roe v. Wade is based on a real stretch of Constitutional application — that somehow there is a greater privacy issue in the abortion concern — than there is a human life issue — and that the federal government should be making that decision as opposed to states making that decision. So, I’ve never felt that it was a legitimate manner in which to address this and, first of all, it should be left to the states, the 10th Amendment, but secondly, to somehow believe that the taking of an innocent, unborn human life is about privacy and not about that unborn life is ludicrous.

The post also quotes from a Washington Post interview:

WaPo: Let’s move on to one other social issue, which is abortion. I think earlier this year you said you would have signed the South Dakota bill. Is that right?

Huckabee: I would have signed it, because even though I think that it was a very strong bill, and probably wouldn’t have passed in a lot of states without some exceptions of rape, incest, and physical life of the mother, I’m pro-life. You know, … if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life. You know, that’s just where I come from in my own heart and convictions.

As a governor I’ve signed virtually every kind of pro-life legislation that we can sign under existing federal law, none of which have been harsh or punitive, but I think they’ve been important to really point out a pro life culture in Arkansas. That’s, for me, a good thing.

I think we have allowed the pendulum to swing so far the other way in terms of an anti-life mind-set and culture. It’s an issue that ultimately I think needs to be changed more in the hearts of people than in the laws of people. But certainly, I’m not going to be reticent about supporting laws that would help us to preserve human life.

I understand the concerns some have with Huckabee on fiscal issues. I think these concerns are overstated. But ultimately I look for a candidate who is strong on the moral issues. While I have no intention of making a firm commitment to a candidate before a few more months pass, I must say that I like what I’m seeing here.

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