Funding for Abortion

Ron Paul likes to accuse Santorum of voting to fund abortions.  The truth is, any Senator who has voted to approve the Federal budget has voted to fund abortion because the budget has allotted funds to Planned Parenthood. 

To imply that Santorum has not fought for the unborn is ridiculous.  Santorum has led the fight against abortion.  In fact, some groups say he is TOO conservative on this issue.  You can't have it both ways. 

Ron Paul's Sanctity of Life Bill

The Paul supporters claim that Santorum didn't vote for Paul's sanctity of life bill back in 2007. Here's why:
http://www.govtrack.us/congress/bill.xpd?bill=h110-1094
The bill never made it to vote on in the house, and Rick was in the Senate. In other words, no Rick did not vote for it, because it never was an option.

Stem Cell Research

The short answer:  Rick Santorum does NOT support embryonic stem cell research.  He is staunchly pro-life and a supporter of all life, including that of an embryo.  He has always been extremely vocal about this.

The long answer is provided at this link:
http://stevedeace.com/news/iowa-politics/common-sense-setting-the-record-straight-on-santorum%E2%80%99s-support-for-stem-cell-research/
You must read the whole article and understand the background in order to see how the truth has been twisted into a complete lie intended to cast doubt on Rick Santorum. 

Did Karen Have An Abortion?

Read “Gabriel’s Story” by Karen Santorum.

I am married to United States Senator Rick Santorum, who in 1996 led the debate on a bill to ban partial-birth abortion—which even several pro-choice senators refer to as “infanticide”. The procedure is justified by its advocates as necessary in cases of fetal abnormalities detected late in pregnancy. They implied that Rick had no right to speak on the issue because it had not not touched his life.

One week later at a routine sonogram, the 20 week old baby in my womb was diagnosed with a defect that is always fatal without surgery. Through our immense heartache came the most basic of parental emotions: We had to save our child. After many tests it was determined our son was eligible for the operation that could save his life. It was a success, but an infection developed in the amniotic sac, and I was rushed to the hospital with a high fever, having contractions. I begged the doctors to stop my labor, but they said it would be malpractice, for I would surely die since these infections are untreatable.

Gabriel Michael Santorum was born at 12:45 AM on Friday, October 11, 1996. He was a beautiful boy. He did not give a cry or open his tiny eyes. We baptized him, bundled him, and held him ever so close. We sang to him, held his little hands and kissed him. Gabriel lived for two hours. In those two hours something simple but profound happened. Rick and I became parents to a newborn baby and welcomed him into our family. That was all….but it was everything. His life was so brief, yet his impact so great. In two hours we experienced a lifetime of emotions. Love, sorrow, regret, joy—-all were packed into that brief span. To have rejected that experience would have been to reject life itself.

Contributions to Pro-Abortion Candidates

One can't help but notice right off the bat that this collation of endorsements cherry-picked the Republican candidates from liberal-dominated states running against pro-abortion opponents endorsed over the span of a decade - out of who knows how many Republicans Santorum and his PAC have donated to in total - to create an impression that is less than honest. It IS true that these candidates were either imperfectly pro-life or outright pro-abortion, but what is missing is the fact their opponents were radically more pro-abortion Democrats in blue, or purple trending blue, areas that only VERY RARELY elect social conservatives. It is crucial to have a party majority in Congress to get the pro-life agenda passed; that means in some states, it is necessary to work with the "Scott Brown"s that are electable when you can't have the ideal.