Former Pennsylvania  Sen. Rick Santorum has cancelled a planned trip to Iowa after being hospitalized Saturday. Santorum, who was second to Mitt Romney in the 2012 Republican presidential primary campaign, had previously announced he would speak Monday at the Iowa Faith & Freedom Coalition’s 13th Annual Spring Kick Off near Des Moines. However, that speech and other Iowa events have been cancelled, Santorum’s non-profit group Patriot Voices said in a statement Sunday:

Former Republican presidential candidate and chairman of Patriot Voices Rick Santorum is canceling his scheduled Iowa trip on Monday, April 15 due to an illness.
“While traveling in South Carolina on Saturday, Rick Santorum became ill and was admitted to the hospital for a gastro-intestinal illness and dehydration.  He is feeling better today but remains in the hospital and is unable to travel to Iowa on Monday, April 15 for previously scheduled events.  He is expected to resume a full schedule later this week and looks forward to returning to Iowa soon,” said Virginia Davis, spokesperson for Patriot Voices.