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One of the problems with Rick is that he has not been consistent in his personal decisions on social issues. He is advocating a position now that insurance companies should not cover prenatal testing, which saved his wife’s life and which he certainly did not pay for out of pocket.

In 1996, his wife Karen, in the 6th month of her pregnancy was diagnosed by ultrasound with a life threatening infection. The Santorums made a painful decision knowing that the treatment to save her life would terminate her pregnancy, a technical abortion.

I respect their decision, but find it hypocritical, to say the least, that he would now deny coverage to other women for the same life saving prenatal testing, and also the same type of prenatal testing that saved my grandchild’s life.

Don’t think for a moment that this won’t be an issue if he is the nominee. As was demonstrated by his own words in the debate this week, Rick’s core principals dissolve when the chips are down and it is politically expediant for him to “take one for the team”.

He needs to tone down the preaching and playing God with other people’s lives by allowing them the same right to make their own decisions medically, just as he and his wife did.

From what I read, his wife had a sonogram that detected an abnormality in the baby. She subsequently had surgery that led to an infection. I don't know if she had what could classified as prenatal testing to confirm the infection. That may be. I'm thinking the signs of severe infection probably make themselves readily apparent without amniocentesis. In any case, I doubt Santorum objects to prenatal testing that is medically called for. I think he objects to testing during a normal pregnancy that detects a condition whose only remedy is abortion. For example if you detect an abnormal chromosome condition, what's the remedy before the child is born?

Also you imply they knowingly chose a treatment that would lead to an an abortion. I think they chose a treatment that attempted to save the baby but led to forced labor and the baby died.

Besides no one is going to be making any personal decisions with their lives now that the government is already in control of everyone's benefit plans.