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Rove was outspokenly critical of a [[pro-life]] law in [[Texas]].<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/24/robert-gibbs-karl-rove-texas-tribune-festival/</ref> Rove sided with [[Planned Parenthood]] when [[Komen for the Cure]] temporarily stopped funding it, according to Karen Handel, who was an executive at Komen for the Cure at the time.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/11/rove-told-komen-back-off-planned-parenthood/</ref>

Rove was outspokenly critical of a [[pro-life]] law in [[Texas]].<ref>https://www.texastribune.org/2022/09/24/robert-gibbs-karl-rove-texas-tribune-festival/</ref> Rove sided with [[Planned Parenthood]] when [[Komen for the Cure]] temporarily stopped funding it, according to Karen Handel, who was an executive at Komen for the Cure at the time.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/election-2012/wp/2012/09/11/rove-told-komen-back-off-planned-parenthood/</ref>

[[Robert Novak]] famously observed that Rove had become "part of the problem" as he was hurting the Republican Party towards the end of the [[George W. Bush Administration]].

[[Conservative]] columnist [[Robert Novak]] famously observed that Rove had become "part of the problem" as he was hurting the Republican Party towards the end of the [[George W. Bush Administration]].

By 2012, Rove had reinvented himself with funding by [[Las Vegas]] casino billionaires for Rove's [[Super PAC]], [[American Crossroads]] and its sister Super PAC, "American Crossroads GPS".  Rove married for the third time and was flown on his honeymoon in a private jet owned by a [[Las Vegas]] casino mogul.  This resulted in his being satirized by [[Stephen Colbert]] as "Ham Rove"  the political consultant to the Colbert SuperPAC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/clpvpj/colbert-super-pac---the-ham-rove-memorial-fund|title=The Colbert Report|date=December 13, 2012|accessdate=January 8, 2015}}</ref>

By 2012, Rove had reinvented himself with funding by [[Las Vegas]] casino billionaires for Rove's [[Super PAC]], [[American Crossroads]] and its sister Super PAC, "American Crossroads GPS".  Rove married for the third time and was flown on his honeymoon in a private jet owned by a [[Las Vegas]] casino mogul.  This resulted in his being satirized by [[Stephen Colbert]] as "Ham Rove"  the political consultant to the Colbert SuperPAC.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thecolbertreport.cc.com/videos/clpvpj/colbert-super-pac---the-ham-rove-memorial-fund|title=The Colbert Report|date=December 13, 2012|accessdate=January 8, 2015}}</ref>