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Thu Jan 5, 2012, 12:24 PM Jan 2012

Santorum: Our Abortion Was Different [View all]

http://oursilverribbon.org/blog/?p=188

Santorum: Our Abortion Was Different
By Ellen On April 15, 2011

Rick Santorum is one dangerously confused denialist. The former Pennsylvania Senator and presidential aspirant is best known for his inability to associate his professed compassion for life at the level of the zygote, with the physical realities of human sexuality. He has equated loving same-sex relationships to bestiality. He is opposed to abortion under any circumstance. Almost.

In October, 1996, his wife Karen had a second trimester abortion. They don’t like to describe it that way. In his 2004 interview with Terry Gross, Santorum characterizes the fetus, who must be treated as an autonomous person, as a practically a gunslinging threat, whom the mother must murder in self-defense. Karen has had to justify her decision to save her own life by explaining that if she died her other children would have lost a mother.

Republican extremists in Congress and the statehouses propose to make abortion illegal even if it would save the mother’s life. Even the Santorums admit they would make that choice, while claiming that they didn’t.

Losing a pregnancy because of a fatal fetal anomaly is never cause for celebration. The pain of second-trimester abortions is compounded by the hateful hypocrites who vilify families facing sorrowful circumstances, and the resulting scarcity of abortion clinicians.

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Timeline seems same as this story: Trillo Jan 2012 #1
indeed G_j Jan 2012 #3
Why should we express compassion & sympathy for a person who GOES OUT OF HIS WAY to be cold-hearted baldguy Jan 2012 #2
YES! bvar22 Jan 2012 #20
Nice. Abortions are bad for this GOPer except when his GOP family needs one. nt Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2012 #4
Yes, and that is generally how the GOPer's think. hamsterjill Jan 2012 #47
We should give out awards to the most hypocritical GOPer of the year. They're kings in that nt Sarah Ibarruri Jan 2012 #51
This guy is the biggest piece of shit hypocrite in the whole world sellitman Jan 2012 #5
Standard GOP mind-set: It's wrong and should be illegal unless it directly affects me! sinkingfeeling Jan 2012 #6
"The Santorums were at a crossroads." KansDem Jan 2012 #7
It's a shame he can't extend sympathy to others in difficult situations and allow them TwilightGardener Jan 2012 #8
Thank you for posting this. Ilsa Jan 2012 #9
Well said. (nt) DirkGently Jan 2012 #28
"In 1996, he had son born prematurely who lived for only two hours." Gold Metal Flake Jan 2012 #10
Wikipedia supports the premature ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #35
Sourcewatch gets no Google ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #37
Ellen Shaffer appears to be a respected ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #39
I read some where that it was a spontaneous abortion wildeyed Jan 2012 #38
Excellent post. nt Gold Metal Flake Jan 2012 #43
what a double-talking, conflating, rationalizing dumbass. I am sorry that they went through this - Tuesday Afternoon Jan 2012 #11
This will do him in in S.C. and probably Florida. MoonRiver Jan 2012 #12
"Santorum: Our Abortion Was Different" KansDem Jan 2012 #13
+1 - nt Ohio Joe Jan 2012 #26
When a woman goes into labor after 20 weeks gestation, it is called preterm birth, Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #14
This is not a winning issue for Democrats lapislzi Jan 2012 #16
I agree with you on this completely. Although I didn't specifically state it in my post, Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #18
Agreed. Well said. n/t FSogol Jan 2012 #22
+1 n/t FSogol Jan 2012 #21
But I think you are splitting hairs here. CTyankee Jan 2012 #40
I understand the hypocrisy that's being pointed out. Arkansas Granny Jan 2012 #41
I think the Santorum's "fashioning" of the story is what is questionable here. CTyankee Jan 2012 #46
It's actually not hypocritical. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #48
the way it was described, it doesn't sound like an abortion Celebration Jan 2012 #15
Oxytocin druidqueen Jan 2012 #34
well, according to the article linked Celebration Jan 2012 #36
This thread's headline is wrong, IMO. ProgressiveEconomist Jan 2012 #42
Agreed n/t Celebration Jan 2012 #45
I cannot stand this man Marrah_G Jan 2012 #17
The only answer is that the Santorums were able to make medical decisions about the pregnancy riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #19
k&r for this reply. Thanks, riderinthestorm. appal_jack Jan 2012 #24
What's hypocritical is him saying that "health of the mother" exceptions are "phony". moriah Jan 2012 #29
Oh personally, I agree with you. But the more effective point imo, is that the Santorums had choices riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #30
Agreed, it just makes me furious. moriah Jan 2012 #32
110% agreed and a kick for your post! nt riderinthestorm Jan 2012 #33
Because 'health' is not 'life'. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #49
So what would he do about a bipolar woman on Lithium who became pregnant? moriah Jan 2012 #50
Frothy probably doesn't think mental illness exists MountainLaurel Jan 2012 #52
I think a doctor could make a good case for that before the medical board. AtheistCrusader Jan 2012 #53
The only answer is that the Santorums were able to make medical decisions about the pregnancy AlbertCat Jan 2012 #44
The latest off the Republican short bus. backscatter712 Jan 2012 #23
I haven't been able to post all day. Ilsa Jan 2012 #25
DING DING DING! Ilsa, you're our grand prize winner! rocktivity Feb 2012 #54
Santorum's quote on the matter: Ineeda Jan 2012 #27
Unless the source of the infection, the fetus, was removed from Karen...she would likely die. rocktivity Feb 2012 #55
All abortions are different. Sirveri Jan 2012 #31
He is a hypocrite, like each and every so-called "pro-lifer." 2ndAmForComputers Feb 2012 #56
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