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To: kosta50

My best friend has a Downs child and she was shocked and saddened at the time because she knew that the child would have a lot of physical problems to contend with. They have brought this beautiful young woman up to love the Lord and she is a gem. Everyone loves her.


283 posted on 09/02/2008 1:44:59 PM PDT by Marysecretary (.GOD IS STILL IN CONTROL)
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To: Marysecretary; Kolokotronis
My best friend has a Downs child and she was shocked and saddened at the time because she knew that the child would have a lot of physical problems to contend with. They have brought this beautiful young woman up to love the Lord and she is a gem. Everyone loves her

Well, I can imagine the shock for Kolo, who was a father of a Down's syndrome baby at 32. Having children at that age for a woman is not a significant risk. The incidence is about 1 in 1,000 births. At 43, when Sarah Palin had her child, the incidence is 1 in 35 births. Salin had no reason to be shocked, as that was a very real possibility and something she should have been prepared to deal with from the moment she found out that she was pregnant.

Either way, as a religious person she had no reason or justification to be shocked or saddened. Otherwise, all this talk about faith is lip service.

That said, I never suggested anything negaive about Down's syndrome babies, so your post makes aboslutely no sense whatsoever vis-a-vis my post #266.

301 posted on 09/02/2008 3:52:53 PM PDT by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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