Rick Santorum appeared on Face the Nation Sunday to discuss the 2012 GOP nomination and the recent controversy over President Obama’s contraception mandate on insurance companies. Here is Santorum’s entire interview from Sunday, February 19, 2012:
Report from CNN:
The government shouldn’t make health care providers fully cover prenatal tests like amniocentesis, which can determine the possibility of Down syndrome or other fetal problems, Republican presidential hopeful Rick Santorum said Sunday.
Santorum, an outspoken opponent of abortion rights, told the CBS News program “Face the Nation” on Sunday that amniocentesis “more often than not” results in abortion.
“People have the right to do it, but to have the government force people to provide it free, to me, is a bit loaded,” he said.
The former Pennsylvania senator was arguing against what he called a mandate in the health care legislation passed by President Barack Obama and Democrats in 2010. He said Saturday at an appearance in Ohio that the law was intended to increase abortions and reduce overall health care costs.
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