Sen. Rick Santorum on Abortion

Fresh Air

Published August 30, 2004 at 12:00 AM EDT

The Republican platform committee has approved a draft reaffirming the party's endorsement of a constitutional ban on abortion. We talk with Sen. Rick Santorum (R-PA), one of the Senate's staunchest abortion opponents.

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