Santorum Denies He Was Ever Pro-Choice

This week, the Huffington Post dug up an interview with Rick Santorum in a 1995 issue of Philadelphia magazine in which he admitted he “was basically pro-choice all my life, until I ran for Congress.” The site also found a statement by the presidential candidate during his 1990 House of Representatives campaign in which he said it was “very difficult to criminalize” abortion since “a large portion of society” views it as “right.” Now top Santorum aides are denying the former Pennyslvania senator’s supposedly pro-choice past. “Rick Santorum has always been pro-life,” insists his spokesman. “He ran as a pro-life candidate and got elected as a pro-life candidate. He was always a solid pro-life vote, wrote and passed pro-life legislation and consistently received the highest rankings from pro-life groups.” Another top adviser told The Washington Post that he spoke to Santorum about this himself and can confirm “he never held a pro-choice position.”