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babylonsister

(170,963 posts)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:55 PM Jan 2012

Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2012/01/03/396516/santorum-states-should-have-the-right-to-outlaw-birth-control/


Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control

By Igor Volsky on Jan 3, 2012 at 10:25 am


Rick Santorum reiterated his belief that states should have the right to outlaw contraception during an interview with ABC News yesterday, saying, “The state has a right to do that, I have never questioned that the state has a right to do that. It is not a constitutional right, the state has the right to pass whatever statues they have.” Watch the Jake Tapper interview:

Video @ link~

Santorum has long opposed the Supreme Court’s 1965 ruling “that invalidated a Connecticut law banning contraception” and has also pledged to completely defund federal funding for contraception if elected president. As he told CaffeinatedThoughts.com editor Shane Vander Hart in October, “One of the things I will talk about, that no president has talked about before, is I think the dangers of contraception in this country,” the former Pennsylvania senator explained. “It’s not okay. It’s a license to do things in a sexual realm that is counter to how things are supposed to be.”

But an overwhelming majority of Americans — virtually all women (more than 99 percent ) aged 15–44 have used at least one contraceptive method — rely on contraceptives to prevent unintended pregnancies and limit the spread of sexually-transmitted diseases. In fact, the Guttmacher Institute estimates that contraceptive services provided at publicly funded clinics helped prevent almost two million unintended pregnancies. Without funding from Medicaid and Title X, “abortions occurring in the United States would be nearly two-thirds higher among women overall and among teens; the number of unintended pregnancies among poor women would nearly double.”
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Santorum: States Should Have The Right To Outlaw Birth Control (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2012 OP
I'm glad he's coming out and honestly admitting what is central to the whole agenda. Warren DeMontague Jan 2012 #1
One has to wonder how much racism is behind this--how much they are desirous of reversing the low hlthe2b Jan 2012 #20
" the state has the right to pass whatever statues they have.” Jackpine Radical Jan 2012 #2
Well, then States would have the duty to provide for all children from birth to 30 years old. tabatha Jan 2012 #3
wow, ok. Well, at least he's being honest! Raffi Ella Jan 2012 #4
States should have the right to euthanize conservatives... rfranklin Jan 2012 #5
Let's see if I got this right. Islamic law is bad because it enforces a religon on the general wandy Jan 2012 #6
They don't want Islamists getting credit for their ideas. MH1 Jan 2012 #7
Maybe we should start talking about "Christian Shariah" starroute Jan 2012 #16
right. Raffi Ella Jan 2012 #21
States should have the right to outlaw the Santorums undeterred Jan 2012 #8
Damn. There goes safe sex... or would homosexuals get a waiver qb Jan 2012 #9
Homosexuals are in direct defiance of God's creation plan XemaSab Jan 2012 #11
Talking out my ass XemaSab Jan 2012 #10
"how things are supposed to be" oberliner Jan 2012 #12
cave man fool Liberal_in_LA Jan 2012 #13
say what you will about Rick Santorum, but I for one think he would make a great Republican nominee Douglas Carpenter Jan 2012 #14
If Sarah can't make it, he'll fill in. immoderate Jan 2012 #17
Next on the right wing checklist for women: sufrommich Jan 2012 #15
what a frothy pustule on humanities ass that one is. Whisp Jan 2012 #18
Oh boy, someone tell Rick he was climbing in the polls PA Democrat Jan 2012 #19
Even REPUBLICANS practice birth control Proud Liberal Dem Jan 2012 #24
Okay, then guess what? Heneeds to call for a law to give away free money, diapers, formula... Ecumenist Jan 2012 #22
... The Ninth Amendment provides: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not struggle4progress Jan 2012 #23

Warren DeMontague

(80,708 posts)
1. I'm glad he's coming out and honestly admitting what is central to the whole agenda.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 12:56 PM
Jan 2012

That's been the goal from the get-go; overturn Griswold, outlaw birth control.

hlthe2b

(101,719 posts)
20. One has to wonder how much racism is behind this--how much they are desirous of reversing the low
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:10 PM
Jan 2012

birth rates among white populations... While paradoxical at first, given that any outlaw of birth control and further abortion restrictions/bans would undoubtedly cause birth increases among minority and poor populations across all races, it would not be the first time RETHUGS have not fully considered the consequences of their policies. Comprehensive, complex thought is not their strength, after all. But it is hard to deny that there is a lot of white nationalism, racism, homophobia and extreme nationalism among some Republicans, conservatives and libertarians--including the RW Xian fundy factions. So, I have to wonder....

Raffi Ella

(4,465 posts)
4. wow, ok. Well, at least he's being honest!
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:12 PM
Jan 2012

That won't fly with the majority, Rick. Now let's talk about the abortion that your wife had and admitted she would have again in the same circumstance...the one you want to criminalize for every other woman in the same circumstance.

wandy

(3,539 posts)
6. Let's see if I got this right. Islamic law is bad because it enforces a religon on the general
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:16 PM
Jan 2012

public. Christan 'law' is good and should be inforced on the general public. I just don't understand these republican A**holes.

MH1

(17,537 posts)
7. They don't want Islamists getting credit for their ideas.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:19 PM
Jan 2012

That's the main reason they're in a snit about "sharia".

My theory, anyway.

qb

(5,924 posts)
9. Damn. There goes safe sex... or would homosexuals get a waiver
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:26 PM
Jan 2012

because their use of condoms doesn't interfere with procreation? That still puts a lot of women at risk.

XemaSab

(60,212 posts)
11. Homosexuals are in direct defiance of God's creation plan
Reply to qb (Reply #9)
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:31 PM
Jan 2012

which is for men to have headship over women.

 

oberliner

(58,724 posts)
12. "how things are supposed to be"
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:31 PM
Jan 2012

Amazing that this guy thinks he can speak for how things are supposed to be.

Talk about arrogance.

sufrommich

(22,871 posts)
15. Next on the right wing checklist for women:
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:36 PM
Jan 2012

Burqas for everybody!

Seriously folks, these people are the Taliban .

 

Whisp

(24,096 posts)
18. what a frothy pustule on humanities ass that one is.
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:46 PM
Jan 2012

outlaw birth control?

fuck you 9 ways to Tuesday with a rough 2 x 4 you despicable lump of feces.

PA Democrat

(13,225 posts)
19. Oh boy, someone tell Rick he was climbing in the polls
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 01:53 PM
Jan 2012

because people didn't KNOW he was a total loon.

I don't know too many people who would support banning birth control. Even among Catholics, the support for birth control is near 90%.

http://www.lisashea.com/lisabase/aboutme/birthcontrol.html

Proud Liberal Dem

(24,355 posts)
24. Even REPUBLICANS practice birth control
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 05:12 PM
Jan 2012

I mean, most of them other than the Duggars, of course, but I doubt that you would find many (any?) Republican women whom aren't on the pill or at least some form of contraception. I'll bet $10K that few Republican men or women dreaming of having double-digit amount of children.
If there is one *nice* thing about the Tea Party and the hard lurch to the right that the Republicans have made since the last election is that they seem to no longer feel constrained by political (and practical) realities and are more willing to admit what we've suspected that they actually believe all along.

Ecumenist

(6,086 posts)
22. Okay, then guess what? Heneeds to call for a law to give away free money, diapers, formula...
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 02:49 PM
Jan 2012

Childcare, Education and Parenting classes. Cause if this because that law of the land, it's going to be needed.

struggle4progress

(118,039 posts)
23. ... The Ninth Amendment provides: "The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not
Tue Jan 3, 2012, 05:09 PM
Jan 2012

construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people" ...

MR. JUSTICE DOUGLAS, delivering the opinion of the Court, in Griswold v. Connecticut, 381 U.S. 479 (1965)
see: http://supreme.justia.com/us/381/479/case.html

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