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Palin Blasts Emanuel for Calling Dem Idea 'Retarded'

USA-1 said:
Nothing like putting words in my mouth.
All I said was the risk of having a DS child increases greatly with age of the mother. Education should be the goal so people can make informed, rational decisions about having another baby. Palin is in a great position to further that education, instead she is using it to further her own career. She was supposed to be educated enough to realize having another baby at her age could very well lead to a baby with downs syndrome.
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Sarah Palin, had a baby with Downs Syndrome in order to further her career?

It's safe to assume your parents were in their 80's when you were conceived.
 
USA-1 said:
She was supposed to be educated enough to realize having another baby at her age could very well lead to a baby with downs syndrome.
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Perhaps she knew, but it didn't matter to her. You didn't consider that possibility.
 
Grant said:
Sarah Palin, had a baby with Downs Syndrome in order to further her career?

It's safe to assume your parents were in their 80's when you were conceived.
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No she is using the fact that she had a baby with DS instead of aborting it to further her career instead of educating people on the risks of having a Downs baby later in life. Her DS baby is front and center in her campaign.
You might try reading for comprehension.
 
misterman said:
Perhaps she knew, but it didn't matter to her. You didn't consider that possibility.
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Do you think it didn't matter? Do you think she was happy her baby had Downs syndrome? Maybe. Who knows?
 
USA-1 said:
No she is using the fact that she had a baby with DS instead of aborting it to further her career instead of educating people on the risks of having a Downs baby later in life. Her DS baby is front and center in her campaign.
You might try reading for comprehension.
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So you feel she would have been a more viable political candidate had she aborted her baby?

It seems Eugenics has been making a comeback in the past couple of decades, to the point where a mother allowing her athlete son to live has become controversial and now Sarah Palin, simply by allowing her child to be born, has also become a controversial figure. And instead of holding her son in her arms in public it should be hidden from view.

We get the message. Babies with Downs Syndrome should not be allowed to live. Who else?

And who's next?
 
Grant said:
So you feel she would have been a more viable political candidate had she aborted her baby?

It seems Eugenics has been making a comeback in the past couple of decades, to the point where a mother allowing her athlete son to live has become controversial and now Sarah Palin, simply by allowing her child to be born, has also become a controversial figure. And instead of holding her son in her arms in public it should be hidden from view.

We get the message. Babies with Downs Syndrome should not be allowed to live. Who else?

And who's next?
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Where did you people go to school?
 
misterman said:
I know one thing, the world would be a better place with more people with DS and fewer people like certain members of this thread. Perhaps someday we'll have a genetic test for that kind too though.
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So then you are for abortion with positive genetic testing.
 
misterman said:
And genetic counselors usually don't say "you're retarded if you have a kid" like USA-1 did.



There is a waiting list for adopting them.

I know one thing, the world would be a better place with more people with DS and fewer people like certain members of this thread. Perhaps someday we'll have a genetic test for that kind too though.
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So you'd like to see a few of us dead, would you?
 
Grant said:
So you feel she would have been a more viable political candidate had she aborted her baby?

It seems Eugenics has been making a comeback in the past couple of decades, to the point where a mother allowing her athlete son to live has become controversial and now Sarah Palin, simply by allowing her child to be born, has also become a controversial figure. And instead of holding her son in her arms in public it should be hidden from view.

We get the message. Babies with Downs Syndrome should not be allowed to live. Who else?

And who's next?
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Nope. Not even close to what I have been saying. Women with an extremely high risk of having a Downs baby should be be educated so they can avoid getting pregnant.
 
USA-1 said:
Nope. Not even close to what I have been saying. Women with an extremely high risk of having a Downs baby should be be educated so they can avoid getting pregnant.
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All women are at risk. The risk increases steadily with age. That's what women should know - the full truth of it. And so should those who second-guess their decisions.
 
American said:
So you'd like to see a few of us dead, would you?
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No, more like never born. But don't worry, you're not on the "do-not-birth" list. Yet.
 
USA-1 said:
Do you think it didn't matter? Do you think she was happy her baby had Downs syndrome? Maybe. Who knows?
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Is it really that incomprehensible?

Hint - no.

The way I see (especially given the risk factors at all ages) if you aren't going to be able to handle having a kid that's not perfect, you probably shouldn't have kids at all.
 
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Crosscheck said:
Where did you people go to school?
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A few easy questions that seem to be difficult to answer so the sophomoric repartee makes it entry.

Your parents must have been quite advanced in years also, right?
 
Palin's a Republican, right? Then why does he want Emanuel fired from his job just for using the word "retarded"?

Something ain't right here.
 
misterman said:
Is it really that incomprehensible?

Hint - no.

The way I see (especially given the risk factors at all ages) if you aren't going to be able to handle having a kid that's not perfect, you probably shouldn't have kids at all.
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No children are perfect, and no adults either. That does not mean they should not live.

There'll always be those who are happy to take disabled children into their lives, and it's my guess that the people who do that sort of thing have more fulfilling lives then those who believe "retards" should be aborted.
 
Grant said:
No children are perfect, and no adults either. That does not mean they should not live.

There'll always be those who are happy to take disabled children into their lives, and it's my guess that the people who do that sort of thing have more fulfilling lives then those who believe "retards" should be aborted.
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I'd say so.

Thanks for your post.
 
misterman said:
Is it really that incomprehensible?

Hint - no.

The way I see (especially given the risk factors at all ages) if you aren't going to be able to handle having a kid that's not perfect, you probably shouldn't have kids at all.
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Would you recommend a woman get pregnant if there is a 1 in 20 chance of her having a baby with Downs syndrome?
 
USA-1 said:
Would you recommend a woman get pregnant if there is a 1 in 20 chance of her having a baby with Downs syndrome?
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I don't go around recommending that people get pregnant or not.

I would want her to have all the information, including the odds. And up-to-date information about what Down syndrome is all about if she decides to get pregnant too, btw.
 
misterman said:
I don't go around recommending that people get pregnant or not.

I would want her to have all the information, including the odds. And up-to-date information about what Down syndrome is all about if she decides to get pregnant too, btw.
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We agree. As long as she has all the facts.
 
USA-1 said:
Would you recommend a woman get pregnant if there is a 1 in 20 chance of her having a baby with Downs syndrome?
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Was under the impression that the Trig pregancy was an unplanned "surprise". In which case the only issue would be the decision whether or not to abort.

And that (abortion) didn't seem to be an option that Palin even entertained.....



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USA-1 said:
We agree. As long as she has all the facts.
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Yes, all the facts - and not just the vague idea that the risk suddenly goes up at 35 or 40 either. And not the outdated idea that people with DS are all drooling idiots who can't talk. Hell, some of them go to college now.
 
USA-1 said:
Would you recommend a woman get pregnant if there is a 1 in 20 chance of her having a baby with Downs syndrome?
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Sure. That's a 95% chance that thing's will be fine. And, maybe they would welcome a DS child into their lives.
 
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