Chris Christie Complains Marco Rubio is Too Pro-Life on Abortion for New Hampshire Voters

National   |   Steven Ertelt   |   Feb 4, 2016   |   11:00AM   |   Washington, DC

Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie is pro-life and has a strong record as New jersey’s governor of vetoing taxpayer funding for the Planned Parenthood abortion business multiple times. But pro-life voters probably won’t like what he has to say about fellow presidential hopeful Marco Rubio. Christie thinks the Florida senator is just too pro-life on abortion for the voters of New Hampshire.

As The Hill reports, here’s what Christie told MSNBC:

“I will tell you one thing Marco Rubio has done, he has made it very clear that on the issue of pro-life, Marco Rubio is not for an exception for … rape, incest or life of the mother,” Christie said on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe.”

“Now, you know, I think that’s the kind of position that New Hampshire voters would be really concerned about,” he added.

“I’m pro-life, but I believe that rape, incest and life of the mother – as Ronald Reagan did – should be exceptions to that rule.

Last year, during a Republican debate, Rubio said he supports protecting unborn babies conceived in rape and incest from abortion.

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During the debate, Rubio said future generations of Americans will look back on the United States and regard us someday as barbarians for having legalized abortion.

“I believe that every single human being is entitled to the protection of our laws, whether they can vote or not. Whether they can speak or not. Whether they can hire a lawyer or not. Whether they have a birth certificate or not. And I think future generations will look back at this history of our country and call us barbarians for murdering millions of babies who we never gave them a chance to live,” Rubio said during the debate.

“What I have advocated is that we pass law in this country that says all human life at every stage of its development is worthy of protection,” the GOP presidential candidate continued. “In fact, I think that law already exists. It is called the Constitution of the United States.”

Rubio added that he does not specifically support rape or incest exceptions, saying that “[while] I think both of those instances are horrifying…I personally believe you do not correct one tragedy with a second tragedy.”

“The value of life is timeless,” he responded. “Science has decided that it’s human life. ….Abolustely it has? What else can it be? It can’t turn into an animal. It can’t turn into a donkey.”

Later, in an interview, Rubio defended his pro-life views.

“A rape is an act of violence,” he said, “it’s a horrifying thing that happens, and fortunately the number of abortions in this country that happen due to rape are very small. Less than 1% of the cases but they happen and they’re horrifying and a tragedy and I recognize that.

He also said: “I don’t say it’s easy. But when asked to make a decision between two very hard circumstances, I personally reached the decision, if I’m going to err, I’m going to err on the side of life.”

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