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Associated Press - March 9, 2010 10:04 PM ET
WINDSOR HEIGHTS, Iowa (AP) - Former Republican Sen. Rick Santorum is telling Iowa evangelicals that he was once a "pro-life fraud" who only gave lip service to the abortion issue. Now he's calling himself a national anti-abortion leader.
The former Pennsylvania lawmaker told the Iowa Christian Alliance on Tuesday night that he's come to welcome attacks on his conservative views on abortion.
Santorum says conservatives must be rallied by the Obama administration. He argues that liberals have already launched attacks on religious and social conservatives.
The speech is part of Santorum's second swing through Iowa. Religious conservatives play a key role in the Iowa precinct caucuses that traditionally launch the presidential nominating season.
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