Rick Santorum Abortion

Why Stop at Abortion? Let's Demean and Humiliate Gays, Smokers and the Obese!

Sarah O'Leary | Posted 05.23.2012

Sarah O'Leary

Why not force gays and lesbians to watch heterosexual pornography before they get hitched in the handful of states where they can legally marry? Maybe by watching men and women having sex, gays and lesbians will realize the error of their sinful ways!

What Rick Santorum Wants to Do to Women's Health

John Robbins | Posted 05.22.2012

John Robbins

Why is it that Rick Santorum doesn't seem to grasp that the most effective way to reduce the number of abortions is to provide couples with the means to understand their fertility and to prevent unwanted pregnancies?

It's the Economy, Stupid

The Minnesota Daily | Posted 05.14.2012

The Minnesota Daily

Social issues don't typically dominate the discussion in gloomy economies. So why are they in this election?

Rick Santorum Has Got His Hand Up My Dress

Monique Ruffin | Posted 04.25.2012

Monique Ruffin

We are a pro-choice family, and we made the best choice for ourselves under the circumstances. Every family facing this type of pregnancy deserves the right to do what is best for them, without government policy limiting the ability to knowledgeably ascertain what that is.

Sam Stein

Rick Santorum 'Has Always Been Pro-Life,' Top Spokesman Says

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.22.2012

WASHINGTON -- Top aides to Rick Santorum's presidential campaign are denying new reports that the former Pennsylvania senator subscribed to a pro-choi...

Sam Stein

Santorum: 'I Was Basically Pro-Choice All My Life'

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.21.2012

WASHINGTON -- Prior to entering public office, former Pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum was a self-admitted pro-choice Republican unwilling to dabble...

Sam Stein

Santorum Called Himself A 'Progressive Conservative' In 1990

HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 02.16.2012

WASHINGTON -- Making his first run for Congress in the early 1990s, this candidate promised not to be a Reagan Republican, fashioned himself a progres...

Top Ten Benefits of a Rick Santorum Presidency

James Napoli | Posted 04.16.2012

James Napoli

We seem to be in an anything-can-happen moment. And we must prepare for the logical outcome of that moment by being as positive as we can be about its consequences.

Santorum On Opposing Abortion In Cases Of Rape: 'Make The Best Out Of A Bad Situation'

Posted 01.25.2012

GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape during an interview Friday, saying that women who ...

Laura Bassett

39 Years Later, Roe v. Wade Still Under Siege

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.20.2012

On January 22, 1973, the Supreme Court voted to protect a woman's right to have an abortion in the early stages of her pregnancy. Before the landmark ...

Elise Foley

Karen Santorum Attacked In South Carolina For Relationship With Abortion Doctor

HuffingtonPost.com | Elise Foley | Posted 01.18.2012

GREENVILLE, S.C. -- An unknown group put flyers on cars outside an anti-abortion event here Wednesday, attacking Karen Santorum, wife of the former se...

Hunter Stuart

WATCH: Rick Santorum Supporters Say The Darndest Things

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.13.2012

MANCHESTER, NH -- Rick Santorum finished in fifth place Tuesday in the New Hampshire primary election, earning only 9.3% of the vote. The showing was ...

Santorum Asked: 'Would You Abort A Gay Baby?'

Posted 01.09.2012

Questions over GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum's stance on gay rights and abortion continued to hound him on the campaign trail Monday, when ...

Andrea Stone

As Senator, Rick Santorum Was Obsessed With Women's Reproduction

HuffingtonPost.com | Andrea Stone | Posted 01.06.2012

WASHINGTON -- Surging Republican presidential contender Rick Santorum appeared to have a cause that reemerged repeatedly when he was a United States s...

Santorum Explains Unusual Choice After Baby's Death

The Daily Beast | By the Daily Beast Video | Posted 03.07.2012

How the Santorums handled the death of their baby is intertwined with the couple’s views on abortion, and their decision to risk intrauterine surger...

Laura Bassett

Rick Santorum: States Should Have Power To Ban Birth Control, Sodomy

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.03.2012

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, whose strong base of evangelical Christian supporters has thrust him into contention in Iowa, said on...

Laura Bassett

Rick Santorum: Mitt Romney Is Not Conservative Enough

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 01.01.2012

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum, who is just barely trailing Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney in the latest Iowa poll, defended his 200...

Santorum Blasts Gingrich: 'I'm The One You Want To Take Home To Mom'

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 11.29.2011

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said rival Newt Gingrich is "inconsistent" when it comes to issues social conservatives care about. ...

Herman Cain Likened To Hillary Clinton In Harsh Attack

Posted 12.27.2011

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum is out with a hard-hitting new ad targeting rival contender Herman Cain on the issue of abortion. "...

Laura Bassett

Santorum: Single Mothers Make Up 'Democratic Advantage'

HuffingtonPost.com | Laura Bassett | Posted 12.18.2011

Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum said on a radio show last week that the GOP's strategy for reducing "the Democratic advantage" should ...

Jason Linkins

Rick Santorum Has Some Interesting Theories About The 'Moral Failings' That Led To The Economic Collapse

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.18.2011

I can't say that I find much mutual agreement with former Pennsylvania senator and presidential aspirant Rick Santorum, but for a brief, mad moment ye...

Amanda Terkel

WATCH: Rick Santorum Ties Planned Parenthood To Racism, Eugenics Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Amanda Terkel | Posted 06.28.2011

WASHINGTON -- Likely Republican presidential candidate Rick Santorum was a fervent crusader against abortion rights while in the Senate and told repor...

Rick Santorum Blames Abortion For Social Security Woes

Posted 05.29.2011

(AP) CONCORD, N.H. — In his latest trip to New Hampshire, Republican Rick Santorum says the Social Security system would be in much better shape...

Rick Santorum & Al Sharpton Face Off On Abortion

The Huffington Post | Nick Wing | Posted 05.25.2011

Former GOP Pennsylvania Sen. Rick Santorum, a pro-life champion, locked horns with civil rights leader Al Sharpton over the issue of abortion in a hea...

Jason Linkins

Santorum Abortion Remark Spurs Incomplete Discussion

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 05.25.2011

If we're comparing fetuses to slaves, we're equating women with amoral slaveowners, and elevating the rights of the fetus over those of the woman to choose whether to proceed with a pregnancy that has significant medical risks.