Santorum Shows His Ignorance Again

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Is there no end to the blatant misstatements Santorum makes in his bid for the Republican nomination? He stated that government shouldn't make health care providers fully cover prenatal tests like amniocentesis on Face the Nation Sunday, because amniocentesis "more often than not" results in abortion. This attack on Obama followed a campaign stop in Ohio where he sounded the same theme, suggesting that the president wants more disabled babies aborted in order to save money on health care expenditures.

Santorum added that people have the right to have prenatal testing, "but to have the government force people to provide it free, to me, is a bit loaded." The show's host Bob Shieffer's then inquired about whether he thought Obama "looks down" on people with disabilities, "Well, the president supported partial-birth abortion, and partial-birth abortion is a procedure used almost exclusively to kill children late in pregnancy when they've been found out to be disabled," Santorum responded.

Ham on Wry can't believe Santorum thinks that way, especially considering his views on abortion rights. This society can't protect the children who are born from child abuse and sexual predators, some of whom are priests in the Catholic Church.  Yes, that's right, Mr. Santorum. Those well-publicized, heinous abuses occurred worldwide, and the Catholic hierarchy hid the crimes and protected the perpetrators. The children that suffered the abuse have a different kind of disability. What did you do when that occurred, Mr. Santorum? Somehow I missed your public outcry about those abhorrent acts.

If you want to lead this country, you don't show it. We have bigger problems than the social issues you harangue us about. Could it be because you really don't comprehend the many crises that are occurring globally?  Couple your stand on prenatal testing with your ridiculous comments on education, and I conclude Rick Santorum is not fit for office.