Huckabee: If abortion is made illegal, women shouldn't be punished for having one

Republican presidential candidate Mike Huckabee is pro-life. He’s opposed to abortion and believes life begins at conception.

So what if his position prevails, and abortion is again illegal in the United States? In that case, what should the penalty be for a woman who has an abortion or a physician who performs one?

Mike Huckabee

The Carroll (Iowa) Daily Times Herald put the question to Huckabee Friday during an interview on the sidewalk outside of Sam’s Sodas and Sandwiches in downtown Carroll.

Here’s Huckabee’s answer:

“The penalty shouldn’t be upon the woman,” Huckabee said. “In most every case, the woman having an abortion is also a victim. She’s either been talked into it by her friend, her boyfriend, her mother, her grandmother.”