Saturday, June 20, 2009

Mike Huckabee Discusses Abortion on the Daily Show

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A very respectful discussion on abortion by two people who quite obviously disagree. I was actually impressed by both of them, as abortion discussions are so often heated and each side demonized by the other. Jon Stewart did make a good point at the beginning, though: neither Jon Stewart nor Mike Huckabee will ever be in the situation of having to decide to get an abortion or not. I have always had an issue with men having huge opinions on abortion and wanting to limit reproductive rights. It's like straight people deciding on gay marriage-- it doesn't affect their personal rights, so why do they care? It just strikes me as majorly off. Anyway, I think this discussion really comes down to treating the fetus as a person and treating the woman as a person. But maybe I'm being too harsh...

1 comment:

  1. Okay, but you gotta admit it was great when Huckabee said (something to the effect of, "The Founding Fathers said, 'All people are created equal.'"

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