A controversial U.S Senator and a Republican Presidential candidate, Rick Santorum has urged sexual assault victims to accept pregnancies arising from such assault as a gift from God that should not be terminated.
He also suggested that physicians who provide abortions to such victims should be criminally charged.
“Accept this horribly created” pregnancy because it is “nevertheless a gift in a very broken way, stressing that when it comes down to it, a victim just has “to make the best out of a bad situation.”
Santorum who spoke with CNN’s Piers Morgan, said that terrible things are happening all over the world. “There are murders, wars, mass genocides and other atrocities being committed across the globe almost daily. And when you think about it, what compensation does someone whose entire family gets killed in a suicide bombing have? None.
“They’re left alone in this world until they themselves die. On the other hand, and I assure you I’m not drawing any parallels here, rape victims are often impregnated by their assailants. It’s not the happiest outcome, but I do believe it is one marginally better than losing your entire family within seconds.”
Santorum insisted that a tragedy is a tragedy no matter which form it happens in, and that tragedies will continue to happen long after we’re all gone.
“That’s just the way of the world. But, life goes on, and healing and overcoming bad experiences is what life is mostly about. So, maybe it would be better to perceive post-rape pregnancies as God’s way of saying, ‘I understand your pain and I bless you with this child to comfort you in your life ahead.’ That is certainly a better and mentally healthier perspective than aborting the child; after all, it’s not its fault.”
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