Making "the Best" of Rape..? Santorum on Abortion

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/23/rick-santorum-abortion-rape_n_1224624.html?ref=mostpopular

This is scary---Republican candidate Rick Santorum wants to make abortion legal, even in cases of rape. If a woman had been violated by rape--one of the worst abuses she could suffer--she should most definitely have the choice to do what she wants/needs to with her body from that point on.
Even for hard core pro-lifers, rape has always been the situation where people kind of go "hm...ok, in that case it is probably okay."
Santorum used his daughter as a reference, saying if it happened to his own kid he would encourage her to accept a "horribly created" baby (nice term there) as a gift from heaven. I doubt a woman who has been recently sexually assaulted would even consider flipping the situation on its head and perceive it as a blessing.

I'm exasperated with men in politics being straightedgers on the issue of abortion--something they have never and will never have to face personally. It is pretty simple to say that abortion is odious baby slaughter and should be made completely illegal...until you are the one who has been knocked up or raped or don't want kids or can't afford them, are not healthy enough to carry a child, etc.
I hope I am never put in this position and I pity those who are.
Having an abortion cannot be an easy decision to come to, and it is even more difficult to go through with the actual deed. It is ironic that Santorum is so adamant about this when his wife (before she met him) lived for years with a man who provided abortions.
I was disturbed by the story in Time a few weeks ago about Santorum's wife having a complicated birth of a stillborn (because they refused to abort it, despite all advice that they should because the baby was deceased) and that they brought the dead baby home so that their children could see how beautiful it was.
That is a nice thought I suppose, but it is just not normal.
Santorum has a twisted belief structure--just read up on his views of contraception!!