Fmr. Gov. Mike Huckabee (Screenshot)

The unborn need to be treated like what they are – human beings – former governor and political commentator Mike Huckabee declared Friday.

In an interview with Fox News, Huckabee said that that unborn babies need to be afforded the 5th and 14th Amendment rights of other children:

“These are human beings, they’re babies. They have a heartbeat. They have brainwaves. They may be in the womb, but they’re humans. And they need to be treated that way.”

Specifically, the unborn deserve the legal protection of “due process” before they’re put to death, Huckabee said: