Posted on 04/19/2011 11:01:51 AM PDT by wagglebee
Amen!
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Heartbreaking.
Another thing about children with Down Syndrome is that they have a 0% chance of becoming child-hating ultra-violent sociopath leftist vermin.
If only the leftists would show the world some mercy and kill their own worthless selves.
I would never even consider running the tests to determine if our babies had Down’s Syndrome.
That statistic is shocking, but not surprising. I’ll admit that if younger, I might be scared to have a potential downs child. Now as an older parent, I recognize the blessing. It’s sad that Doctors probably encourage people to short these children.
Auto-correct. Short should read abort.
I had no idea that the numbers were so shockingly high. I had noticed not so long ago that it seemed that the human landscape had changed, but I thought I must be imagining it. Sadly, it seems that it was not my imagination at all.
And thus we begin to see (if we wish to see) why the statistic is 90%. Self selection bias. People unwilling to abort don't usually prenatal test for this.
Interestingly you see most of those down’s kids in church situations.
I don’t actually know one couple with a Down’s in their family who aren’t a Christian of one stripe or another.
I’d take the tests. But not for abortive purposes; to be prepared.
Touching.
Palin and Beck have both stated they learned much and got much from their special needs children. I can’t imagine the challenge or raising a child that needs far more work and attention than “normal” but I can’t imagine the rewards either. I’ll bet they love unconditionally.
I remember former Alabama football coach, Gene Stallings said they were devastated when informed their baby had Down’s Syndrome.
He said they eventually realized he was a blessing. Full of love and affection.
“Beautiful article.”
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Indeed, and it is worth noting that our last two Popes have been absolute stalwarts, not giving an inch on the Pro-Life issue.
If you believe, as we Catholics do, that these men are divinely appointed descendants from Christ Himself, that speaks volumes, no... an entire library, about where God stands on the protection of innocent human life.
“I remember former Alabama football coach, Gene Stallings said they were devastated when informed their baby had Down’s Syndrome.”
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We were honored to have the manly and classy Coach Stallings here in St. Louis as coach of the old St. Louis football Cardinals.
His warm and actively loving relationship, with his son (now deceased), moved even the the local cold, jaded, Commie Sports media.
Coach Stallings, taught us all what it means to be a REAL man.
I did have the blood test done but only because I’m a control freak who would want to be prepared. But I certainly never would have aborted had the test indicated an abnormality.
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That may be true, but there is another influence at work here as well. It has been my experience that the medical community can be very aggressive in promoting these tests.
Said the best I have ever seen. As the aunt of a beautiful woman with Downs, I agree with every word.
Well reasonable people who do not get easily cowed by authority figures usually ask themselves a reasonable question...
“What will I do, if anything, with this information?”
If the answer is “Absolutely nothing, it will change nothing” it takes away a bit of the impulse to find out the answer - wouldn’t you say?
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