A lifetime devoted to Specter and his radical politics, in 1996 Santorum was supporting his attempt to remove the pro-life plank from the party platform.
Specter, with Santorum on stage, endorsing and clapping:
“I want to take abortion out of politics. I want to keep the Republican Party focused on the vital economic and foreign policy issues — and leave moral issues such as abortion to the conscience of the individual. I believe abortion is an issue to be decided by women."
“I pledge to lead the fight to strip the strident anti-choice language from the Republican National platform.”