Thank you for posting this. A very good read.
A good read.
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Clarence Thomas has said that the uproar during his Senate Confirmation hearings had nothing to do with Anita Hill and sexual harassment. The underlying issue was abortion.
And the uproar regarding Palin is also based on the issue of abortion.
Having a woman partner in the White House who is anti-abortion is a slap in the face to all abortion proponents. They are scared to death because they fear they may be losing ground.
How many women in the hostile environment that NOW and women like Freidan and Steinam fashioned are able to stand next to their sister and admit that they are not pro-choice when they stand in the anonymity of the voting booth? My guess is few have enough guts to stand up to the pro-abortion women in America. It’s easier to just sit there and smile and wait for the subject to change.
My youngest daughter is now 12 years old, but when I was pregnant with her, my doctor told me he suspected that the baby I was carrying had Downs syndrome because the head was way too large early in my pregnancy. He suggested I have an amnio to confirm this one way or another.
I had already read up on the amnio tests and had determined that I didn't want to have one, because of the possible risk to the baby and reiterated this to him. I told my doctor I did not want the test, since there was nothing that they could do to prevent the baby from having Downs syndrome if, my child did in fact have it.
He appeared to be embarrassed and quite shocked by my answer but, nevertheless told me, that most women want to know one way or the other so they can then decide whether or not to have an abortion and then try again for another child without Downs syndrome. This time he shocked me!
I told him it didn't matter to me, and that I would not be having the test or an abortion. He told me it was refreshing to see a woman that was willing to continue her pregnancy, even if the child might have a disability.
I was perhaps better prepared for this decision than Sarah Palin, so I found the decision an easy one to make. I had known a friend that had a child with Downs syndrome and I had seen first hand how much joy that child had brought to their family and how much closer their family had become as a result of that child being born. I also had a friend who worked with special needs children, and had told me she had found that to be the same with virtually all the families of special needs children. I knew there were people and resources that were readily available to help me if I needed it.
As it turned out, my daughter's body grew into her large head and toward the end of my pregnancy, my doctor thought that there was a good possibility that my child might not have Downs syndrome after all, since aside from the size of the head early in my pregnancy there were no other signs of the syndrome. Not wanting to get my hopes too high, I just accepted the fact that I wouldn't know for certain until the baby was born. As it turned out my daughter was born without Downs syndrome.
I am proud of Sarah Palin's decision not to have an abortion, and I stand by my decision too. I have great respect for Sarah Palin and we know that we are REAL WOMEN!
That is despicable.