The Trig Palin Effect

Washington Times ^ | 10-12-08 | Daniel Allott

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Sarah Palin is not the only one. Right now 400,000 mothers are going through the same experiences every day - the simple joys, the profound challenges, the unexpected blessings. Ann Robertson is one of them. Like Mrs. Palin, Mrs. Robertson recently gave birth to a child with Down syndrome.

When Mrs. Robertson heard Mrs. Palin was selected as the Republican Party's nominee for vice president, her emotions jumped quickly, from surprise, to joy, to tears. "Whether or not people are going to vote for her, we [mothers of children with DS] all were excited," she said.

October is National Down Syndrome Awareness month. But nothing has done as much recently to raise the public's awareness of Down syndrome as events a month earlier. Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's political rise has placed the glaring spotlight of the media on the entire Palin family, and not least on its youngest member, 6-month-old Trig, who was born with Down syndrome.

Mrs. Palin's emergence has also cast a soft, revealing light on a hitherto neglected issue: Down syndrome abortions. America's epidemic of Down syndrome abortions disregards not only the sanctity of human life but also the profound contributions that persons with Down syndrome offer to the lives of those they touch.

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see post 8 to link to the original story.....there was a video of it around somewhere as well.