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And the sanctity of human life from the perspective of one who herself, is the result of a rape. rebecca joins me now. rubecky is an antiabortion activist. she speaks around the country promoting bans on abortion, using her stowe of conception as a linchpin. mike huckabee was campaigning throughout the country last year with rebecca. on her website, she writes, i strongly urge everyone to support personhood amendments. mike huckabee was a key note speaker last year. all of this effort is in aid of defining a person from the moment of conception which would prevent abortions in virtually all cases ever. this is a major policy agenda of huckabees that gives money to candidates and causes aligned with the movement. one of the candidates, hey, todd akin. mike huckabee, the runner up for ....
The presidential nominee in 2008. it brings us back to todd akin s quote/unquote mistake. akin confirmed he meant to use a term not legitimate rape but forcible rape. now forcible rape was the language, the two specific words adopted by the house republicans including akin and paul ryan for hr-3, the no taxpayer fundings for abortions act. forcible rape would mean for instance a 13-year-old girl impregnated by a 40-year-old man, it would mean she couldn t get help if she needed an abortion because the rape wasn t forcible. much like the personhood bill, it would narrow the exceptions to any laws baroing abortions. due to an up ror by abortion rights and civil liberties groups, they agreed to drop the forcible rape language, but the ....