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http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/rick-santorum-abortion-rape_n_1224624.html?ref=mostpopular
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum explained his opposition to abortion even in cases of rape during an interview Friday, saying that women who face such circumstances should "make the best out of a bad situation."
Asked by CNN's Piers Morgan what he would do if his own daughter approached him, begging for an abortion after having been raped, Santorum explained that he would counsel her to "accept this horribly created" baby, because it was still a gift from God, even if given in a "broken" way.
"Well, you can make the argument that if she doesn't have this baby, if she kills her child, that that, too, could ruin her life. And this is not an easy choice, I understand that. As horrible as the way that that son or daughter and son was created, it still is her child. And whether she has that child or she doesn't, it will always be her child, and she will always know that," Santorum said.
"And so to embrace her and to love her and to support her and get her through this very difficult time, I've always, you know, I believe and I think the right approach is to accept this horribly created -- in the sense of rape -- but nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life, and accept what God has given to you. As you know, we have to, in lots of different aspects of our life we have horrible things happen. I can't think of anything more horrible, but nevertheless, we have to make the best out of a bad situation and I would make the argument that that is making the best."
da_decider
(104 posts)Skittles
(153,142 posts)ugh
lumpy
(13,704 posts)Why does he believe that God gives girls babies anyway, as he says "but never the less a gift in a very broken way, the gift of human life and accept what God has given to you."
Was rape the gift that God gave the rapist? Is the baby a 'gift' for the rapist also?
Good God !!
Canuckistanian
(42,290 posts)Could rape be considered "a gift"
Missy Vixen
(16,207 posts)Missy Vixen
(16,207 posts)If a child as the product of a rape is a "gift from God," why, then, was Mrs. Santorum allowed to terminate that "gift" in her own life? I'm sure he would argue that the child involved resulted from consensual sex. Well, then - if he's so concerned for the Precious Fetus, wasn't it a SIN to end that pregnancy by human means? Wouldn't it have been "making the best of a bad situation" as well?
I'm tired of reading the press pussyfooting around with this asshole. If they don't have the courage to ask the questions, I'll be more than happy to apply for a press pass and do it myself. I have NO idea why mainstream media has given this guy and his wife a pass for so long.
TlalocW
(15,380 posts)But, God forbid it happen to any of his daughters, but if it did happen to one of his underaged daughters, I bet there would be a clinic visit in her near future.
TlalocW