First of all, Obama got elected - Yaye. Secondly, I also disliked Palin - A Lot. Thirdly, and finally, I do not agree with you on the stance that if a person tests positive for a down syndrome baby that they should have an abortion. The tests are not absolute. You could test positive, and then have a healthy baby. Also, I have a friend who had a baby, Landon, who has Down Syndrome. He has a very mild case of it, and will actually live a pretty productive life. There is no test to determine how badly the child will be affected while in the womb of the mother. Only time and birth will tell. I would have thought that perhaps you would have known this with your history with down syndrome, but perhaps not. I believe it is every woman's right to choose what they are going to do with their body, and I think that if they decide that they want to terminate, or keep a baby that has a disease, it is their decision to do, but if they do decide to have the baby, they have to be prepared to deal with all that comes with it. A woman at the age of 44 (cough, PALIN) shouldn't be worried about having babies anyways... she should be focused on parenting her teenager(who is pregnant), so she doesn't get pregnant! (This coming from a girl who got pregnant in high school)
Thankfully, Palin can now head back to Alaska to take care of her baby. Which is where she can stay, and where she needs to be regardless.
Down Syndrome
Secondly, I also disliked Palin - A Lot.
Thirdly, and finally, I do not agree with you on the stance that if a person tests positive for a down syndrome baby that they should have an abortion. The tests are not absolute. You could test positive, and then have a healthy baby. Also, I have a friend who had a baby, Landon, who has Down Syndrome. He has a very mild case of it, and will actually live a pretty productive life. There is no test to determine how badly the child will be affected while in the womb of the mother. Only time and birth will tell. I would have thought that perhaps you would have known this with your history with down syndrome, but perhaps not. I believe it is every woman's right to choose what they are going to do with their body, and I think that if they decide that they want to terminate, or keep a baby that has a disease, it is their decision to do, but if they do decide to have the baby, they have to be prepared to deal with all that comes with it. A woman at the age of 44 (cough, PALIN) shouldn't be worried about having babies anyways... she should be focused on parenting her teenager(who is pregnant), so she doesn't get pregnant! (This coming from a girl who got pregnant in high school)
Thankfully, Palin can now head back to Alaska to take care of her baby. Which is where she can stay, and where she needs to be regardless.