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marybourg

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1. It may not have been an abortion,

Reply to moriah (Original post)

Sat Jan 7, 2012, 07:42 AM

Jan 2012

but it sure as hell would have been called such, and would have involved legal and medical interference from the usual suspects in the kind of anti choice environment Santorum advocates.

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Salon.com: Karen Santorum did not have an abortion [View all] moriah Jan 2012 OP

It may not have been an abortion, marybourg Jan 2012 #1

What happened to them might not have been called an abortion even under his dreamland laws... moriah Jan 2012 #2

i read that she was given pitocin marybourg Jan 2012 #5

Found the 2005 article claiming that she used Pitocin. moriah Jan 2012 #12

It was an abortion Dr.Doctor Jan 2012 #14

Like Romneys taxes the files are secret sellitman Jan 2012 #3

If her husband were running as a Democrat ... zbdent Jan 2012 #4

Just because they're hypocritical doesn't give us license to be, IMHO. moriah Jan 2012 #7

God gave her the abortion. mainer Jan 2012 #6

From what I've read the baby lived for 2 hours. So she gave birth and had a baby. mucifer Jan 2012 #8

+1 moriah Jan 2012 #9

Wait, really? Dr.Doctor Jan 2012 #13

I am a hospice nurse. I have seen a lot in the past 6 and a half years. mucifer Jan 2012 #15

They induced labor with a non-viable five-month old fetus. baldguy Jan 2012 #10

Has *any* article quoting them fresh, not using the 1997 article's quotes instead, actually said... moriah Jan 2012 #11