[Zionist Conspirator]

There is humor further down. Excellent column.

[Zionist Conspirator]

Ping.

[mbarker12474]

The burdens of children are a gift from God.

[anniegetyourgun]

Yes, to the Left, this baby is sub-human and not deserving of his right to life. They know best who should live or die, dontchaknow.

[conservative cat]

Mixed feelings on the column (although LOL @ the peanut allergy) as a mother with a “disabled” child.

My son competes in Special Olympics, and I cannot get through a competition without tearing up. It is touching to see how excited and proud the athletes are. It’s also one of the only sporting events where you hear parents rooting for other kids to that degree.

[autumnraine]

True story: Doctor scheduled the test for Downs Syndrome on my five month pregnant belly. I declined. Was looked at like I had lost my marbles. I said, “What does it matter, I’m not aborting it either way” and was still looked at like I had lost my mind. See, as a student from 2nd grade until graduation, I had worked in the handicap room and fell in love with many kids who had Downs Syndrome. The idea of killing one of them just because of who they were was foreign to me. I could *almost* see it if they had no brain or something as severe as that, but just to have this disorder was insane to me.

So after a 30 minute discussion, I finally conceded to having the test so I could prepare if I needed to. I didn’t need to, but I never called and got the result either. I decided after having the blood drawn that I didn’t want to know because it would just upset me for the last four months of my pregnancy.

Doctors are encouraging abortions for down syndrome babies.

And from my work with them, they are the angels of this world as most are just the sweetest, most loving people ever.

[fleagle]

Great article. I loved the bit about not wanting a child with a peanut allergy.

I remember after going through my horrific "genetic counseling" while pregnant I kept thinking, if there's such a high percentage of "old" moms (i.e. over 35) having Downs Syndrome is roughly 110%. I wondered to myself, "if so, where are all the Down kids?" Then I thought to myself, oh, that's right, they've been aborted.

[cherry]

I thought it was a sarcastic piece and I find it a subtle hit piece on Sarah Palin.....

not funny...

[caseinpoint]

I thought the column was good. And I think one reason the abortion crowd is so viscerally against Palin is that she has given a face to that “lump of protoplasm” abortion proponents say is worthless. I will look forward to seeing Trig grow up in the limelight.

[Sherman Logan]

Everyone knows that chances of having a Down baby increase to 25% after age 40, so how could anyone doubt the baby belonged to 44 year-old Palin rather than 17 year-old Bristol?

I don't believe this is exactly correct.

Chance of a Downs Syndrome baby by age of mother:

17 - 1 in 1565

30 - 1 in 909

35 - 1 in 384

40 - 1 in 112

45 - 1 in 28

50 - 1 in 6

Odds get kind of scary out there on the end of the scale.

http://www.downs-syndrome.org.uk/DSA_detBackground.aspx?ba=0