Rick Santorum: Senate Was Right To Reject U.N. Disabilities Treaty

Santorum Defends Republican Takedown Of 'Troubling' Measure
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: Former GOP presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) voices his opposition to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during a news conference at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill November 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. In 2008 the Santorum's eighth child, Isabella, was born and diagnosed with Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), a serious genetic disorder, with only a 10% chance of survival past one year old. Following the second hospitalization of Isabella in a few months, Santorum officially suspended his campaign for the presidency in June of 2012. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)
WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: Former GOP presidential candidate and former Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA) voices his opposition to the United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities during a news conference at the Dirksen Senate Office Building on Capitol Hill November 26, 2012 in Washington, DC. In 2008 the Santorum's eighth child, Isabella, was born and diagnosed with Edwards syndrome (Trisomy 18), a serious genetic disorder, with only a 10% chance of survival past one year old. Following the second hospitalization of Isabella in a few months, Santorum officially suspended his campaign for the presidency in June of 2012. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

Who should make the critical health-care decisions for a child with a disability? A well-meaning, but faceless and distant United Nations bureaucrat, or a parent who has known, loved, and cared for the child since before birth?

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