Some of you probably remember the infamous tenure of former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum (PA), who was widely condemned time and time again for his anti-gay remarks, his extreme anti-choice views...basically, his entire out-of-touch and fundamentalist social agenda.
Well, Santorum is back on the political stage, ostensibly to position himself as a viable 2012 Republican Presidential nominee. And while other potential nominees have been criticizing the Obama administration lately on a number of economic issues, Santorum has differentiated himself by lasering in on what he thinks is truly outrageous: how an African American President could possibly have the gall to support abortion rights.
"In [a recent] interview with the Christian News Service — and it's on camera — Santorum was asked about President Obama's views on abortion and said he found it "almost remarkable for a black man to say, 'we're going to decide who are people and who are not people.'"
As we come up on the 38th anniversary of the Roe v. Wade, we should keep in mind those groups and individuals who want so badly to destroy a woman's right to choose. People like Rick Santorum are particularly extreme, but you only need to remember other anti-choicers' "black genocide" propaganda last year and this year in order to realize that Santorum isn't alone. Their marching language is an ugly mix of bigotry, racial assumption, and outright illogic — and it should serve as additional motivation for us to fight for abortion rights in 2012.
