[dirtboy]

Contrast the attitude of Joseph Kennedy with that of Charles de Gaulle, who treated his daughter Anne, born with Down syndrome in 1928, with great affection. The image of this arrogant officer rocking Anne in his arms at night speaks across the years.

For once, I think highly of de Gaulle.

[kalee]

Thanks for posting this.

[DJ MacWoW]

The thing is that the Dems have not changed. They put up vile websites about Trig and expose their own “middle schooler” mentality.

[Kolokotronis]

“And now we have met Trig, who is just like the others, in every way that matters.”

No, he’s more because he will teach his family and his secular and faith communities, the kids he will go to school with, the people he will interact with as an adult that not everyone is smart, not everyone is capable and accomplished, not everyone is “beautiful”, not everyone can take care of him or herself and that’s all fine because the glory of God is made manifest in him and how we respond to him and the others around us like him. The Palins likely don’t know it yet, at least not fully appreciate it yet, but this little fellow is the greatest blessing God could give them.

As the father of a 25 year old son with Down Syndrome, I know.

[supremedoctrine]

Excellent piece!

[Presbyterian Reporter]

So many of Palin’s attributes and life’s experiences expose the insensitivities of the Democrats.

For the party who claims to be for the little guy, Palin is showing through her actions that the Democrats are not for the little guy.

[Always A Marine]

This is properly called eugenic abortion -- the ending of "imperfect" lives to remove the social, economic and emotional costs of their existence. And this practice cannot be separated from the broader social treatment of the disabled. By eliminating less perfect humans, deformity and disability become more pronounced and less acceptable. Those who escape the net of screening are often viewed as mistakes or burdens. A tragic choice becomes a presumption -- "Didn't you get an amnio?" -- and then a prejudice. And this feeds a social Darwinism in which the stronger are regarded as better, the dependant are viewed as less valuable, and the weak must occasionally be culled.

Wow -- what a powerful article! None of this would be discussed so openly without the life of Trig Palin and the unconditional love of his parents.

[hunter112]

Trig is the real reason the feminazis hate Sarah Palin. These days, how many young people have grown up without even being exposed to a person with Down Syndrome? They're going to naturally start to wonder what happened to them, and the awful truth is that for the last thirty years, they were aborted out of existence. Then, it dawns on this generation that they were lucky not to have it, then comes the realization that perhaps a quarter of their cohorts aren't around because they were 'inconvenient' in some way.

Then, the rationale behind free and easy abortion unravels. The pro-abortion forces fear that happening more than anything else about the coming McCain-Palin administration.

[definitelynotaliberal]

Thought you might like this.

[gridlock]

The eugenic abortion of Down’s Syndrome babies is another aspect of the way our modern society is flirting with a utilitarian evaluation of human life. Parents are urged to weigh the “value” of the life of the child against the costs of high levels of care and support that the child will require. The vast majority look at this calculation and come down on the side of death over life.

Similarly, in the debate over Embryonic Stem Cell Research, we are encouraged to consider the value of the supposed miracle cures that could be realized, and weigh that against the human life value of the embryos destroyed (if any). It seems that most voters are coming down on the side of death on this issue, as well.

And now, “medical ethicists” are discussing changing the criteria to determine when death has occured, with an eye to a more permissive standard in order to facilitate organ transplants. Again, people seem to be concluding that the value of the organs outweighs the value of the individual life involved.

We are heading down this road along multiple lanes. If government siezes control of medical care, we can count on them applying a utilitarian standard when it comes time to ration care. They will literally sieze the power of life and death, and the people will willingly give it up.

Against this tide stand Sarah, Todd and Trig Palin.