Here's why, you heartless monsters:
Posted on 09/01/2008 12:03:51 AM PDT by nickcarraway
[This article was originally posted on May 6, 2008. In it, I offer the remark that Gov. Sarah Palin "is often mentioned as a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain." What seemed merely a possibility in May has become reality in August, and the world saw Trig Paxson Van Palin in his eldest sister's arms as his mother was announced as Sen. McCain's choice for the vice presidential nomination of the Republican Party. Thus, the event became a great testimony for the sanctity of all human life. The article is reprinted due to requests and interest.]
A little boy with an extra chromosome was born on April 18. His name is Trig Paxson Van Palin and his new home is the Alaska Governor's Mansion in Juneau. His mom is Governor Sarah Palin, who along with her husband Todd, has welcomed Trig as their second son and fifth child.
Governor Palin has already made a mark on the political scene. A high school basketball star and beauty queen, she was elected Alaska's governor in 2006. She is often mentioned as a potential running mate for Sen. John McCain. The Palins' other children include Track, their oldest son, who now serves in the U.S. Army. They also have three daughters, Bristol, Willow, and Piper.
Trig made news long before he was born, as Alaska's citizens learned that their governor was pregnant. Then, for the Palins, the story got more complicated.
This past December, Sarah Palin was told that her baby was likely to have Down syndrome -- just one extra chromosome.
As the Associated Press reports:
The doctor's announcement in December, when Palin was four months pregnant, presented her with a possible life- and career-changing development.
"I've never had problems with my other pregnancies, so I was shocked," said Palin.
"It took a while to open up the book that the doctor gave me about children with Down syndrome, and a while to log on to the Web site and start reading facts about the situation."
When he was told, Todd Palin quickly said, "We shouldn't be asking, 'Why us?' We should be saying, 'Well, why not us?'"
The Palins never considered aborting the baby. That means that Trig Palin is now is a very rare group of very special children, because it is now believed that the vast majority of babies diagnosed with Down syndrome before birth are being aborted.
Modern diagnostic tests are driving a "search and destroy mission" to eliminate babies judged to be inferior, disabled, or deformed. Some experts now believe that up to 90 percent of all pregnancies diagnosed as having a likelihood of Down syndrome end in abortion.
Back in 2005, ethicist George Neumayr commented: "Each year in America fewer and fewer disabled infants are born. The reason is eugenic abortion. Doctors and their patients use prenatal technology to screen unborn children for disabilities, then they use that information to abort a high percentage of them. Without much scrutiny or debate, a eugenics designed to weed out the disabled has become commonplace."
The Palins would not even consider aborting their baby. "We've both been very vocal about being pro-life," Governor Palin said. "We understand that every innocent life has wonderful potential."
She loves her baby boy and is proud of him. "I'm looking at him right now, and I see perfection," Palin told the Associated Press. "Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"
Some ethicists now go so far as to argue for a "duty" to abort a baby with a Down diagnosis. This is an assault upon the dignity of every human being. The fact that so few Down syndrome babies now make it to birth is a sign that America is making its own pact with the Culture of Death.
Trig Paxson Van Palin has an extra chromosome, two proud and loving parents, four very happy siblings, and he will bring his own joy to untold numbers of lives.
He will face some unique challenges, but he has a loving family who will face those with him. They will learn together the wonder and beauty of a Down syndrome child and will learn to see the glory of God in his trusting face.
Mothers Day 2008 is certain to be a special day in the Alaska Governor's Mansion. What an unspeakable tragedy that so many other homes will have aborted that joy.
Welcome to the world, Trig Paxson Van Palin. Your very existence defies the Culture of Death and gives us all hope.
The death ethicists seem to be the only ones that have a problem with kids like Trig.
on obama’s official site, barack obama.com
they are allowing posters to post about the “secret pregnancy” of bristol
shame on them, this is his official site and the mods are not taking these down
if this doesn’t point to some orchestrated smear........
here’s a post
By BABANGIDA 38 minutes ago (Updated 38 minutes ago)
Things That Make You Go Hmmm
Questions for the McCain-Palin campaign:
Where has Bristol Palin (far right, holding Trig, with a ring on her wedding finger) been for the past year? Has she been attending high school? Or was she absent because of infectious mononucleosis for between five and eight months, as is now being reported on the Internet?
Why would a 43 year old woman, on her fifth pregnancy, with a Down Syndrome child, after her amniotic fluid has started to leak, not go to the nearest hospital immediately, even if she was in Texas for a speech?
Why would she not only not go to the hospital in Texas, but take an eight-hour plane flight to Seattle and then Anchorage?
Why would she choose to deliver the baby not in the nearest major facility in Anchorage but at a much smaller hospital near her home-town?
Why did the flight attendants on the trip home say she bore no signs of being pregnant?.
another comment
yes Reading up on her.... Interesting about the last baby and her daughter being out of school with mono at the same time...hmmmm...
If they had their way there would be forced abortions as China had.
Let’s not even go there. They are sick and deluded.
there are many posts on this,
since this is obama’s campaign site, and these
posts are not removed, i would say that
the “messiah” is condoning them or certainly encouraging
there isn’t any official statement telling these idiots to lay off the smear
funny, the lets people smear and attack candidates children, yet he has a anti-smear obama site
if have one word for nobama and his supporters - HYPOCRITES
well i have more than 1 word, but that will do for now
Trig :-)
We should all start emailing the Obama camp and tell him unless he has some proof of this, he better not go there. He better put a stop to it.
That's a MAN!
Because, fools, mother and baby would be better off in the loving arms of their family in a time like that than in the "nearest major facility."
Judging by the quality of opinion, these people probably spend a good deal of time in "major facilities."
Better yet, get some screen captures and save them with date stamps.
Here's why, you heartless monsters:
Anyone know why his middle name is Paxson? I know there’s a Paxson, Alaska.
I bet there aren't any Down Syndrome babies born in Europe. They'll abort a baby in a heartbeat.
I'm glad to say that this isn't true. The death industry is as strong in Europe as it is in America, and there are the same pressures: but Europe's certainly no worse than America in this regard.
For example: Partial-birth abortion. Europeans don't even know what that is.
Wonderful post, and how blessed the Palins are to have such a happy, happy baby boy. He will make people smile all his life.
He was really depressed one night because of some physical problems she was having. Said he wouldn't want another one but couldn't imagine life without her. She was the center of his world.
At one point she stopped asking for what she wanted and just motioned and they got really frustrated. Finally mentioned this to her teacher at her school and the teacher just laughed. Turned out a new student was deaf so the teachers were teaching the other kids sign language. Leslie was "signing" for what she wanted.
Classy! Todd Palin the complete opposite of a whiner.
Um...because it didn't happen?
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