Rick Santorum Full 2026 PA March for Life Speech
Pennsylvania Family Council
Sep 22, 2026
Hear Former U.S. Senator Rick Santorum's remarks at the 6th annual Pennsylvania March for Life!
Be Fearless. Be Courageous. Stand for Life.
Transcript lightly edited for clarity and readability.
Thank you, Michael. Thank you so much, and thank you to the Pennsylvania Family Institute and the March for Life. It's an honor to be here, but [most of all], I want to thank you.
Every time I get an opportunity to come and speak to the people of Pennsylvania, I just want to thank you. You may think, ‘Well, he’s thanking us for electing him to the Senate.’ Yes, but more importantly, thanking you for giving me the opportunity to experience something that changed my life. You notice when Mike talked, he said [I] was one of the great, fearless leaders in the United States Senate.
But I served two terms in the House before I became a United States Senator, and Mike didn't mention my fearless leadership there for a reason, because it wasn't. I was like most folks who are pro-life, which is the easy road, which is to vote pro-life and keep your mouth shut. To vote pro-life and never ever author a bill, never champion a cause.
What I found, out and most politicians know, is that if you just vote pro-life and don't really try to win, they're going to leave you alone. It's when you stick your head out of the foxhole that they come after you. And that's who I was until I came to the United States Senate thanks to you.
