Against Birth Control and Against Abortion.
You what’s also ironic?
If social conservatism is all you care about, then there’s still no reason to pick Santorum over Newt.
I mean, we know Newt would choose strict constructionist judges who won’t push this “living, breathing” Constitution nonsense, and who won’t suddenly find a constitutional mandate for special rights for gays.
Newt is pro-life. I mean, he’s the guy who shepherded the PBA ban through Congress, and to Clinton’s desk, that first time around. People can whine about that “implantation” kerfluffle from a couple of month’s back, but the fact is, that discussion exists more in the realm of insular Catholic theology than it does on any practical level in dealing with abortion. Newt would oppose abortion, and there’s no real reason to say he wouldn’t.
Newt has a proven record on welfare reform, which is frankly about as truly pro-family as anything you can do. Welfare is undermining and destroying the basis of the family unit in this country. Newt helped to pass the reform that slowed this down for a few years, at least.
I’m very social conservative myself, and I see no reason to trust Santorum more on these issues than Newt.