Santorum’s vote to fund Planned Parenthood indefensible
Pro-life website LifeNews.com is attacking a new ad by the Ron Paul campaign which exposes some uncomfortable news for pro-lifers who support Rick Santorum. The ad (video below) simply exposes the fact that Santorum—a warhawk who describes himself as “consistently pro-life”—”even hooked Planned Parenthood up with a few million bucks.”
The statement in the Paul ad is absolutely true, and yet LifeNews’ headline reads “Paul Ad Wrongly Implies Santorum Supports Planned Parenthood.” The article then tries to defend Santorum’s vote, pointing out the vote was part of ”an overall budget bill that funded the federal government that contained Title X funding,” and then showing that he has been a staunch supporter of funding abortions through PP.
Neither the headline nor the defense is acceptable. The ad does not argue or imply Santorum directly supports abortion, it just proves that he will compromise on the issue given the right circumstances. And it is an unavoidable fact that, for all of his boastful rhetoric about consistency on moral values, Santorum will flip-flop Mitt Romney style even here.
For example, although Santorum told Fox News “Look, I’m not a big fan of Title X, that is Planned Parenthood. No, I want to defund Planned Parenthood,” he turned right around and literally wore his funding vote as a badge in another interview. Tom Woods exposed this nonsense here. Santorum in his own words:
“Just look at my record,” he said smiling, “I was criticized by governor Romney . . . or maybe it was Congressman Paul’s campaign for voting for contraception! That I voted for funding for, I think it was Title X, which I have voted for in the past, that provides for free contraception through organizations even like Planned Parenthood.”
So in his own words, he voted to fund Planned Parenthood and that is exactly and all that the Paul ad states. What makes Christians and pro-lifers uncomfortable with this is not just the hypocrisy involved in voting to support, materially, PP while claiming to be “consistently” pro-life, but more importantly the fact that all funds are fungible. Giving PP funds for the purpose of contraception is just as bad as directly funding abortion because the money for other purposes simply frees PP’s other funds to be used for abortions. This is true for all federal funding in all areas of government.
And this is not just my argument, or Paul’s argument, it is Santorum’s own argument in yet another instance:
“I can’t imagine any other organization with its roots as poisonous as the roots of Planned Parenthood getting federal funding of any kind.”
Can’t you, Rick? Because YOU voted to give PP just that: federal funding, and the most general kind of federal funding there is, directly from Congressional approval.
How in the world can anyone square his vote with his own words?
So while LifeNews may find it ethical to report that Paul’s ad “Wrongly Implies Santorum Supports Planned Parenthood,” I’m not sure how else the giving of federal funds can be defined other than ”Support.” Sure, Mr. Santorum may indeed oppose abortion, but due to this vote it is not wrong to imply or even to state openly that he has supported Planned Parenthood. That may be difficult to admit for some people, but it is a clear and inescapable fact.
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It was Jesus that died and Paid for Our Sins, not our works of righteousness but by HIS Mercy. Titus 3:5
Santorum’s Funding of Planned Parentood….
To be pro-life is more than just being concerned about whether a baby lives or dies in the womb; it is also about what happens to that baby when he/she becomes a man/woman. Pro-life stands for LIFE, whether it is a baby or a grown man or woman. Santorum is not pro-life in the truest sense of the word. Let us pray that God changes his heart and he understands that God is concerned with both the unborn and the old; indeed with all of mankind.
Santorum was elected as a United States Senator for Pennsylvania in 1994 and served there until losing re-election to the position in 2006. ... TITLE X....rev. 1970.....
.``SEC. 1008. PROHIBITION OF ABORTION.
``None of the funds appropriated under this title shall be used in programs where abortion is a method of family planning.´´
ABORTION WAS AGAINST THE LAW UNDER TITLE X WHILE SANTORUM WAS A SENATOR......how has he flip flopped??
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