Santorum: Obama is CULLING the Disabled through Abortion

[K Gardner]

I think news outlets have buried the lead in this latest Santorum outrage. Read this carefully, from Santorum's speech:

"One of the things that you don't know about ObamaCare in one of the mandates is they require free prenatal testing," Santorum began telling about 400 people here. "Why? Because free prenatal testing ends up in more abortions and, therefore, less care that has to be done, because we cull the ranks of the disabled in our society. That too is part of ObamaCare -- another hidden message as to what president Obama thinks of those who are less able than the elites who want to govern our country."

This is not just a dog whistle to the ears of the conspiracy theorists who are waiting for Death Panels and Death Camps to open. This is just in your face, here it is... Obamacare is CULLING the disabled.

Everyone is focusing on the 'not a Christian' statement.. but this is the real kicker. This is what we need to focus on.

This guy is dangerous. Truly. Dangerous.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/02/18/10444238-santorum-says-obama-looks-down-on-disabled-encouraging-more-abortions

[Cosmocat]

1. run of the mill republican BS

They ALL do this shiite, just pull the most ridiculous crape out of thin air and spew it.

[WingDinger]

5. Nope, projection, wrote a song about it, and it goes like this.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/1002196398

[K Gardner]

7. Yup.. agreed, and I wrote one too...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/125112372

Scary stuff..

[WingDinger]

9. Here is another philosopher on the subject.

[K Gardner]

17. oh. my. god. n/t

[BootinUp]

2. Reminds me of "death panels" and every other outrageous lie

that I have heard from them since 2008.

[K Gardner]

18. Look at the following link: He says the Netherlands euthanizes

people INVOLUNTARILY and that is where we are headed via Obamacare.

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2012/02/19/1066333/-Santorum-on-euthanasia-in-the-Netherlands

[treestar]

3. Interesting they see no "choice" aspect

He just assumes each individual with a disabled child will abort just because it's available. He doesn't even get the "choice" concept. He thinks it is decreed one way or the other.

[Odin2005]

23. But if there is extremely strong social pressure saying...

...that allowing a "disabled" baby to be born creates a "burden on society" most people would rather abort than face social stigma.

I know I'm be flamed for saying that, but I am personally terrified of social pressures derived from disabled people being considered "burdens on society".

[K Gardner]

4. This is Hitleresque in its implication. Nothing less than. n/t

[steve2470]

24. +1 nt

[Worried senior]

6. They seem to want to have the

disabled allowed to be born but they don't want to pay for their disabilities once they are in the world.

[K Gardner]

8. Right, so the disabled poor get.. what? n/t

[Denninmi]

10. Republicans prefer to "cull the disabled" the old fashioned way.

By slashing every last bit of the social safety net to tatters.

Because, you know, pre-natal testing is apparently evil, but there's apparently nothing wrong with letting someone freeze to death under an overpass because every possible type of government aid has been eliminated under some bizarro world Ayn Rand fantasy scenario of "right and wrong".

[K Gardner]

15. Exactly. No one bothers to point this out in interviews, tho..

he just slides by. Face the Nation was an absolute farce today.

[niyad]

11. but making sure the disabled and poor have no real access to affordable health care isn't culling?

[WingDinger]

21. Us disabled are weakening the breed. We must accept our plight.

Along those lines, if they do end programs etc, some of us should go on hunger strikes etc. America should see those it doesnt care to save on public tele. We should suffer and wither before their eyes. how about a REAL reality show?

[tanyev]

12. Um...then why are so many red states trying to require pre-abortion sonograms to discourage it?

[WingDinger]

13. Those dont confirm abnormalities, just impress the heartbeat and form to the woman.

[tanyev]

14. OK, got it.

Pre-abortion sonograms ---> GOOD

Prenatal testing ---> BAD


Fundielogic 101

[Proud Liberal Dem]

16. *Ugh*

[Frustratedlady]

19. Santorum is sickly sensational. He talks in a conspiratorial tone...

almost like he's whispering secrets to each and everyone in the room. The more followers he gets, the worse he will get. He is living in a fantasy world of his own making and needs counseling. He is sick or evil. I haven't decided which.

Perhaps he should get off the campaign trail and become an evangelist. He'll make a lot more money and only his true followers/believers need follow him.

[Nah7anyule]

20. santorum and the gop are accessory to multiple rapes.

Inside the catholic church and the vatican it is known that proest who often rape nuns and get them pregnant demand that the nuns have abortions to cover up the priests sin. if the catholic church is going to point out the mote in Obamas eye they should first remove the beam from their own eye.

[Odin2005]

22. Anti-choice attitudes are common among the autistic community for that reason.

And I'll admit, that my own fear of Eugenics had put me at odds with some "choice absolutists". We need to be really careful about the intersection of abortion and pre-natal testing lest the specter of Eugenics raises it's ugly head.

[davidpdx]

25. It's the death panels all over again

The more and more I hear about Santorum, the more I hate him.