{"id":69921,"date":"2015-08-07T09:14:37","date_gmt":"2015-08-07T13:14:37","guid":{"rendered":"\/news\/?p=69921"},"modified":"2015-08-07T15:35:21","modified_gmt":"2015-08-07T19:35:21","slug":"gop-presidential-candidates-speak-against-planned-parenthood-defend-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/gop-presidential-candidates-speak-against-planned-parenthood-defend-life\/","title":{"rendered":"GOP presidential candidates speak out against Planned Parenthood, defend life"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Though not the subject of the evening\u2019s most tumultuous on-stage fights, abortion was a recurring theme for the top ten candidates for the Republican presidential nomination during Thursday night\u2019s primetime debate (transcript<\/a>).<\/p>\n

The first moment came with Megyn Kelly charging Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker with opposing abortion even \u201cto save the life of the mother,\u201d asking if he was \u201ctoo out of the mainstream on this issue to win the general election?\u201d In response, he asserted his position was \u201cin line with everyday America,\u201d clarifying that \u201cI\u2019ve said many a time that that unborn child can be protected, and there are many other alternatives that can also protect the life of that mother. That’s been consistently proven.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Next, former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee declared that because a constitutional amendment banning abortion would be a \u201clong and difficult process,\u201d the next president should instead \u201cinvoke the Fifth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the constitution now that we clearly know that that baby inside the mother’s womb is a person at the moment of conception,\u201d in order to \u201cprotect children instead of rip up their body parts and sell them like they’re parts to a Buick.\u201d<\/p>\n

Later on, Florida Senator Marco Rubio disputed an assertion that he favored a rape exception for abortion: \u201cI have never said that. And I have never advocated that.\u201d He went on to condemn the culture of abortion-on-demand:<\/p>\n

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I believe that every single human being is entitled to the protection of our laws, whether they can vote or not. Whether they can speak or not. Whether they can hire a lawyer or not. Whether they have a birth certificate or not. And I think future generations will look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave them a chance to live.<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n