--- title: Mike Huckabee Supports Denying Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Victim description: GOP candidate Mike Huckabee said on CNN Sunday that he supports the decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim canonical: https://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/ author: Justin Worland article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-08-16T20:48:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-08-19T07:47:08.398Z article:section: Politics og:title: Huckabee Supports Abortion Ban for 10-Year-Old Rape Victim og:description: The 10-year-old girl was raped by her stepfather. og:url: https://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: TIME og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Huckabee Supports Abortion Ban for 10-Year-Old Rape Victim twitter:description: The 10-year-old girl was raped by her stepfather. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- # Mike Huckabee Supports Denying Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Victim > Sponsored content. 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Brief is free at time.com/newsletters.  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 16, 2015 8:48 PM UTC  by [Justin Worland](https://time.com/author/justin-worland/)  ## Justin Worland Senior Correspondent Aug 16, 2015 8:48 PM UTC GOP presidential candidate and former Arkansas Governor Mike Huckabee said that he supports the decision to deny an abortion to a 10-year-old rape victim in Paraguay. “I wouldn’t pretend it’s anything other than a terrible tragedy, But let’s not compound the tragedy by taking yet another life,” he said in an [interview](http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2015/08/16/sotu-mike-huckabee-full-interview.cnn/video/playlists/mike-huckabee-2016/) with Dana Bash on CNN’s _State of the Union_ Sunday. The victim, an [unidentified girl in Paraguay](http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/13/americas/paraguay-young-rape-victim-gives-birth/), was raped by her stepfather in a case that has attracted attention worldwide. Laws in the South American country prevented the girl from receiving an abortion. Huckabee acknowledged that many people, including some in his own party, find this position outside the mainstream and said he respects that position but feels he needs to remain consistent. “If life matters, and if that’s a person, then every life matters,” he said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/"},"headline":"Mike Huckabee Supports Denying Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Victim","datePublished":"2015-08-16T20:48:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-08-19T07:47:08.398Z","description":"The Paraguayan girl was raped by her stepfather","url":"https://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/","keywords":["2016 Election","2016 Election"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Justin Worland","jobTitle":"Senior Correspondent","url":"https://time.com/author/justin-worland/"}],"articleSection":"Politics","image":[],"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/2016-election/","name":"2016 Election"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3999799/mike-huckabee-abortion-rape/","name":"Mike Huckabee Supports Denying Abortion to 10-Year-Old Rape Victim"}}]}] ```