Santorum may have been technically correct.
Sued only for the cost of the treatments expected to be needed to ameliorate said pain and suffering, not for any punitive award for said pain and suffering.
I'm surprised we could find anyone but an abortion advocate who'd believe that a doctor shouldn't be sued no matter what he does to his victims (patients in Leftwingtard parlance).
"They" actually argue that ~ and go so far as to fight most vigorously against laws that require abortuaries to meet minimum standards of sanitation.
Not to hijack the thread into another issue, the Malpractice Cap debate isn't about compensatory issues, it's about punitive issues and corrupt trial lawyers ~ else, you'd probably have no way to corral bad doctors and charletans.