--- title: Huckabee: Abortion Like Terminating Elderly Parents description: "If we teach the generation coming after us that it’s okay to terminate a human life because it represents a financial hardship or social disruption, what are we telling them?" canonical: https://time.com/23123/huckabee-abortion-start-of-slippery-slope-to-euthanasia/ author: Laura Stampler article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-03-13T12:24:28.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-02-21T06:45:01.184Z article:section: Politics og:title: Huckabee: Abortion Akin To Terminating Elderly Parents og:description: "If we teach the generation coming after us that it’s okay to terminate a human life because it represents a financial hardship or social disruption, what are we telling them?" og:url: https://time.com/23123/huckabee-abortion-start-of-slippery-slope-to-euthanasia/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84556becda613007/69868543adae442319541f00/150989677.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 3000 og:image:height: 1688 og:image:alt: mike huckabee og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Huckabee: Abortion Akin To Terminating Elderly Parents twitter:description: "If we teach the generation coming after us that it’s okay to terminate a human life because it represents a financial hardship or social disruption, what are we telling them?" twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84556becda613007/69868543adae442319541f00/150989677.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Huckabee: Abortion Start Of Slippery Slope To Euthanasia > Sponsored content. 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Huckabee named financial and social hardships as a popular justification for abortions, [Politico reported](http://www.politico.com/story/2014/03/mike-huckabee-abortions-104616.html), and said the very same justification could be used for ending the life of an elderly parent who has become a burden. “If we teach the generation coming after us that it’s okay to terminate a human life because it represents a financial hardship or social disruption, what are we telling them?” Huckabee asked. “We’ve already given them the full capability to take us out. Now, I’m not going to make it that easy for my children to get rid of me.” Huckabee, who has an [eye on a 2016 presidential bid](http://www.cbsnews.com/news/is-mike-huckabee-eyeing-a-2016-presidential-bid/), said it was essential for the Republican Party to remain focused on opposing abortion. “This is not an issue that we should abandon,” [he said](http://thehill.com/blogs/ballot-box/presidential-races/200660-huckabee-opposing-abortion-how-we-win-elections), continuing: “…That’s not how we lose an election, that’s how we win elections and it’s how we save this republic.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/23123/huckabee-abortion-start-of-slippery-slope-to-euthanasia/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/23123/huckabee-abortion-start-of-slippery-slope-to-euthanasia/"},"headline":"Huckabee: Abortion Start Of Slippery Slope To Euthanasia","datePublished":"2014-03-13T12:24:28.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T06:45:01.184Z","description":"\"If we teach the generation coming after us that it’s okay to terminate a human life because it represents a financial hardship or social disruption, what are we telling them?\"","url":"https://time.com/23123/huckabee-abortion-start-of-slippery-slope-to-euthanasia/","keywords":["abortion","pro-choice","pro-life","Politicians","mike huckabee"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84556becda613007/69868543adae442319541f00/150989677.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt84556becda613007/69868543adae442319541f00/150989677.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"mike huckabee","caption":"Republican Convention in Tampa, Florida","creditText":"MCT / Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/politics/","name":"Politics"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/abortion/","name":"abortion"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/23123/huckabee-abortion-start-of-slippery-slope-to-euthanasia/","name":"Huckabee: Abortion Start Of Slippery Slope To Euthanasia"}}]}] ```