GOP New Hampshire candidate says he would use deadly force to stop an abortion

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The Republican party's candidate for Sheriff of Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, Frank Szabo, recently said that if elected he would use deadly force to prevent an abortion from happening. Szabo contributed to what is nationally a seemingly never ending list of gaffes made by Republican candidates on social issues.

Szabo, a former limo driver, was interviewed locally by wmur.com, and went on the record saying "abortion is murder in my opinion." He went on to say that he would "arrest any doctor who performs an abortion."

The core of Szabo's bizarre argument for using violence to prevent an abortion is based on the premise that a fetus has the same rights as a full grown person. According to wmur.com, Szabo elaborated, "If someone is under threat, a fully grown human being, if they're under threat, what should the sheriff do? Everything in their power to prevent them from being harmed."

The interviewer then asked Szabo if preventing abortions included using deadly force.

Szabo quickly fired back and said, "Absolutely! I would hope that it [stopping abortions] wouldn't come to that [killing abortion doctors], as with any situation where someone is in danger, but again specifically talking about elective abortions and late-term abortions, that is an act that needs to be stopped."

http://www.examiner.com/article/gop-new-hampshire-candidate-says-he-would-use-deadly-force-to-stop-an-abortion

[spookyturtle 9,465]

He's nuts.

[rocks 494]

I'm confused.

Szabo, a former limo driver, was interviewed locally by wmur.com, and went on the record saying "abortion is murder in my opinion." He went on to say that he would "arrest any doctor who performs an abortion."

Szabo quickly fired back and said, "Absolutely! I would hope that it [stopping abortions] wouldn't come to that [killing abortion doctors], as with any situation where someone is in danger, but again specifically talking about elective abortions and late-term abortions, that is an act that needs to be stopped."

He would arrest any doctor that performs abortion, but then he says elective/late term abortions need to be stopped? What about all the other reasons?

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

He's nuts.

He's just another Republican saying what he really thinks.