Code words for aborting special needs children instead of having them. 80% of Downs babies are aborted, and they want more.
Liberals only want perfect people, it seems. That’s why abortion is so popular with them.
As a mother of a special needs kid, I would like to see what McCain has in mind. Being an advocate doesn’t mean much.
The study of Sarah’s mommy skills:
Trigimometry.
A young couple I know, who have been friends of mine for years, were told that their child would be born with Down’s Syndrome. They were advised by their doctor to abort the baby while there was still ample time. Being Christian, and against abortion, they decided to add this third child to their family, no matter what the care would entail.
But - the baby was born WITHOUT Down’s Syndrome, even though two tests had indicated otherwise. That “baby” came to see me a couple of months ago - a healthy six-foot-four electrician-in-training. He went all through my house, fixing light fixtures, checking wiring, and making changes when he found faulty wiring. What a blessing to me! What a blessing to his family. What a handsome, kind young man - with all his mental abilities intact.
I wonder out of all the thousands and thousands of babies who have been diagnosed with Down’s Syndrome prior to birth, and subsequently aborted, would have turned out to be as normal as this young man?
Disabled children have no greater enemy then the lefist media and politicians who feel the only way to deal with the issue is aborting them.
No disabled children, no problem.
I’d sure like to see a comment from Eunice Kennedy Shriver or Maria Shriver. An advocate in the White House for families with special needs? They’d have to say something complimentary, wouldn’t they? Well, wouldn’t they??
Just wow! Kill 'em. Kill 'em all. That'll help 'em.
I wish this article were a parody and not a reality.
It is the perfect indication of pathological hatred the Left holds for the pro life community.
Women need to be “educated to make better choices” regarding babies with downs syndrome?!
Wow!
Let’s get specific about those better choices. I bet they all end with a dead downs baby.
The idea that the party does not support people with disabilities. Again wow!
President Bush Sr. lead the battle for the passage of the Americans with Disabilities act— the most historical and decisive national legislation on the question. The idea that the disabled are beholden to Democrats is yet another flawed sense of entitlement that the Left holds to anyone who might be exploited as a victim class.
My great aunt and uncle had a down syndrome baby back in the 50’s. Back then the common practice was for the doctors to convince the new parents to put the child directly into an institution instead of taking it home from the hospital. Most did this. The poor babies died very young from lack of care, love, affection, etc.
My aunt and uncle chose to take their baby home and raise it just like they did their other four children.
They were told that he’d never live past the age of 8.
He is now in his 50’s. And still going strong.
My aunt spent many years of her life traveling and giving lectures about down syndrome children. Her son learned to cook, read, clean, take care of his own needs, etc.
After all her other children were grown and gone, scattered across the country, they still had their down syndrome child. He was their constant companion and kept them occupied and young.
After my uncle died My aunt had only her son to keep her company and now that she is frail her son is what keeps her from being alone and vulnerable and unsafe.
There isn’t a doubt in my mind that the same child that everyone tried to convince her would be a burnden has been her biggest blessing.
Has very little to do with the entire article. It's like someone just tossed that paragraph into the article.
Mrs. Palin indeed does have experience with the perplexities of serving high needs children. That bit in the article re: Alaska, is the mere briefest synopsis in describing the difficulties Alaska has had.
And, this:
Mr. McCain voted to reauthorize the law, but voted against a measure, with nearly every other member of his party, to increase financing through a reduction in tax cuts for the wealthy. Mr. McCain has been a proponent of school vouchers, denounced by many advocates for children with special needs as draining public money away from special education programs; Ms. Palin is a school-choice advocate, her spokeswoman said.
In my research, I've seen that the very best and most productive educational programs for Special Needs children is indeed funded by private means. And while so, is often hampered by what occurs inside the bureacracies designed to deal with special needs children.
The key to resolving these issues is, school choice (aka: Vouchers).
IME, too, way too many children are being bureacratically designated "special needs", and the corruption grows inside CA. Whereas in NC, more does need to be done in dealing with special needs children and adults. While, say, CA is far too punitive to businesses via legislations, in NC, for example, businesses fear the encroaching ADA abuses they've already witnessed as having taken place in states like CA. The solution lies somewhere in the middle. The ADA advocates in states like CA have thoroughly politicized the goals of the ADA, turning small businesses bankrupt.
I hardly think the other states with people more economically astute wish to see the same results as CA in their own states.
“I am a liberal,I am a liberal, I am a liberal.” Sounds like she’s having flashbacks from “reducation” camp!
The Democrat party is now the party of Hitler. Only “perfection” will be allowed to live. My husband works as an advocate for people with mental and physical disabilities, and those with Downs are the most loving and wonderful people I know. This whole extermination of people who are not “perfect” makes me SICK!!!
The Democrats grew the definitions of "special needs". If Ms. Iannone were to check out the percentage of funding and grants which goes to HIV/AIDS, and compare to what pittance Down's Syndrome and TBI get, she'd blow a fuse. Or maybe, she'd begin to understand where the money, the billions of dollars, has been going - the bulk, by a larger percentage, much, much larger, has been going to HIV/AIDS and Breast Cancer.
Democrats with children with special needs must vote for Palin because that is what is best for their children! /s
Code words for aborting special needs children instead of having them. 80% of Downs babies are aborted, and they want more.
More than half the women in this country are dems. Whatever we put up, many will disagree...
“those who fear that her idea of advocacy might really mean preventing abortions of fetuses with Down syndrome”
What ghoulish Nazis.
This person does not understand the Constitutional division of power. Vice Presidents are part of the Executive branch, which does not legislate.