re: #118 wrenchwench

He doesn’t believe in contraception. His religion requires him to accept the children God sends him. The pregnancy was not unexpected, unless they thought his wife was in menopause. The religion sucks. The daughter suffers. IIRC, Mrs. Santorum’s father is a genetic counselor or something, so the situation before and after the pregnancy was discovered were not surprises, unless some very educated heads were immersed in sand. Their religion requires them to do things differently than most of us would choose to do. And he wants to inflict the stringencies of his religion on everybody.

In the case of having a child with a disability, they are consistent with their beliefs. However Mrs. Santorum did have a pregnancy termination (HER LIFE DEPENDED ON IT!) that he would deny to others.