The president of NOW is calling on Rick Santorum backer Foster Friess to publicly apologize for his suggestion that women put aspirin between their knees as a birth control method.
In an interview with TPM Thursday, NOW President Terry O’Neill called on Santorum to “renounce” Friess’ comments.
“[Santorum] should clearly apologize to the women of this country,” she said. “Mr. Friess should apologize, Mr. Santorum should to.”
She called on Santorum to make a public recognition of “how deeply offensive” Friess’ comments were.
But even if Santorum apologizes as she proscribes, O’Neill said the socially conservative former senator will have a long way to go before he can get in NOW’s good graces. O’Neill called on Santorum to use the Friess moment to renounce his support for a personhood amendment and his “anti-birth control stance.”
“That would rehabilitate him in the eyes of people in this country,” she said.
