The Christian News Wire notes two different statements that Huckabee has made in the past concerning his Federalist approach to abortion. One is below:

“The issue divides strongly committed pro-life and pro-choice Republicans but is not a central issue to most other Republicans. A possible platform revision long under discussion would say the Republican Party, ‘unlike the Democratic Party, does not stand for abortion on demand and is basically a pro-life party.’ In the spirit of federalism, the proposed GOP revision also would replace the abortion amendment with a statement saying the issue should be left up to the individual state legislatures to deal with as each sees fit. ‘That’s exactly what we have looked for, and if it’s left up to the states, more of them are going to put some restrictions on abortion,’ Arkansas Lt. Gov. Mike Huckabee said in an interview after appearing on a conference panel yesterday.” (Ralph Z. Hallow, “Conservatives Hold Fire On Abortion,” Washington Times, 2/12/95).

I agree with Huckabee on this. The chances of the Federal Government passing an outright ban on abortion is a pipe dream and there are a lot of people in the pro-life community who need to come to that realization. The best approach is that being advocated by Mike Huckabee and Fred Thompson, to overturn Roe and return the decision to the states. From there pro-life advocates can begin to lobby for bans on a state by state basis and actually make some progress instead of following the all or nothing approach.