Santorum on birth control: "I think it's harmful to women; I think it's harmful to society," Santorum said in this interview found by the Washington Post.... (more)
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-503544_162-57378677-503544/santorum-hammered-for-opposing-birth-control/
posted February 17th, 2012 at 3:50pm in Toddler
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- he has more in common with the Taliban than with most Americans 2-17-2012 3:51pm +3 likes
- lol. 2-17-2012 3:56pm
- see. Marriage is for babies and sluts should keep their legs closed 2-17-2012 3:51pm
- well actually things would be a whole lot better if that were adhered to 2-17-2012 3:57pm
- and we all had 10 kids? 2-17-2012 3:58pm
- women should not get to choose when to get pregnant. Only men and the government 2-17-2012 4:00pm
- well actually things would be a whole lot better if that were adhered to 2-17-2012 3:57pm
- ANd yet this man is winning primaries. I'm more concerned about what this means for our culture than for the presidential race. 2-17-2012 3:52pm +1 like
- i'm concerned about both 2-17-2012 3:54pm
- this is a giant wake up call for several generations of women who don't get what women in the past had to fight against 2-17-2012 3:57pm
- ita 2-17-2012 4:02pm
- it's really just his job creation plan. Keep the women pregnant and the men can have their jobs 2-17-2012 3:52pm +1 like
- flies in the face of Foster Freiss' "apology" of today, too, where he claims Santorum supports BC 2-17-2012 3:53pm
- Santorum gave an interview with an evangelical blog where discussed the "dangers" of contraception. 2-17-2012 3:53pm
- "It becomes deconstructed to the point where it's simply pleasure," he said of contraception. "And that's certainly a part of it--and it's an important part of it, don�...(more) 2-17-2012 3:54pm wrong--but there's a lot of things we do for pleasure, and this is special, and it needs to be seen as special."
- = women who enjoy sex are bad 2-17-2012 3:54pm
- sluts!!!! 2-17-2012 3:55pm
- "and things like creating 'Santorum', well, that's for pleasure. This is special, for procreation." 2-17-2012 3:55pm
- = women who enjoy sex are bad 2-17-2012 3:54pm
- "It becomes deconstructed to the point where it's simply pleasure," he said of contraception. "And that's certainly a part of it--and it's an important part of it, don�...(more) 2-17-2012 3:54pm
- i wish i could punch him in the groin 2-17-2012 3:53pm
- wonder when his 2nd and 3rd wife are going to speak up 2-17-2012 3:54pm
- this is not a winning issue, GOP. You're not even trying right now!! 2-17-2012 3:56pm
- all obama has to do is make an attack ad showing someone gurgling santorum and he wins 2-17-2012 3:56pm
- he just needs to show foster freiss and his joke. 2-17-2012 3:57pm
- i would just run an ad that, for 30 seconds on your tv, says "google 'Santorum' and tell me you'd seriously consider voting for my opponent." 2-17-2012 3:58pm
- he just needs to show foster freiss and his joke. 2-17-2012 3:57pm
- all obama has to do is make an attack ad showing someone gurgling santorum and he wins 2-17-2012 3:56pm
- Santorum went on to say that it's not just a moral issue, but a public policy issue, too, indicating the government has a role in contraception policy. 2-17-2012 3:56pm
- what would the policy benefit of this even be? preventing the demographic slow down like seen in Europe and thereby solving the social security issue? 2-17-2012 3:57pm
- he opposes the supreme court ruling that struck down a states right to ban contraception, or their right to enter a person's bedroom and arrest them for gay sex 2-17-2012 3:58pm
- i understand that he's a loon but don't see the policy argument for this stance. i guess he's taking the states' rights route? 2-17-2012 3:59pm
- yep 2-17-2012 3:59pm
- which, of course, isn't even his real reason. he's casting his loony religious ideas in a way that's not completely unpalatable. 2-17-2012 4:00pm
- yep 2-17-2012 3:59pm
- i understand that he's a loon but don't see the policy argument for this stance. i guess he's taking the states' rights route? 2-17-2012 3:59pm
- They want to go back to a time when women were trapped in poverty, pregnant, barefoot, uneducated and pumping out cheap labor and soldiers for them 2-17-2012 3:59pm
- he opposes the supreme court ruling that struck down a states right to ban contraception, or their right to enter a person's bedroom and arrest them for gay sex 2-17-2012 3:58pm
- what would the policy benefit of this even be? preventing the demographic slow down like seen in Europe and thereby solving the social security issue? 2-17-2012 3:57pm