Claim: Next up in our occasional look at past misstatements by presidential candidates: Rick Santorum. The former Pennsylvania senator announced his candidacy today. We have checked just a few claims from Santorum, who served in the Senate from 1995 to 2007. He wrongly claimed in March that "one in three pregnancies end in abortion" in the United States when saying that abortion was to blame for funding problems for Social Security and Medicare. Santorum said on a radio talk show: "The reason Social Security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees.
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Verdict: next up in our occasional look at past misstatements by presidential candidates: rick santorum. the former pennsylvania senator announced his candidacy today. we have checked just a few claims from santorum, who served in the senate from 1995 to 2007. he wrongly claimed in march that "one in three pregnancies end in abortion" in the united states when saying that abortion was to blame for funding problems for social security and medicare. santorum said on a radio talk show: "the reason social security is in big trouble is we don't have enough workers to support the retirees.
Organisation: FactCheck.org
Author: Lori Robertson
Date published: 2011-06-06T22:03:36