Choice
By: Silver Fox
Published On: 8/30/2008 9:45:21 PM
I predict that the Republicans will make much of the fact that Gov. Palin and her husband knew that their son was going to be afflicted with Downs Syndrome. They chose to carry him to term and welcome him into their family. Admirable. Every child deserves to be a wanted and welcomed child. However something that I am also sure that the "Pro-Life" contingent won't stress is that it was Gov. Palin's CHOICE. In the United States a woman has the right and obligation to make those choices for herself. Those of us who are "Pro Choice" are not pro-abortion. We simply reserve the right to ourselves to make whatever choices must be made and then live and accept the consequences arising from that choice, be what it may.
It's called personal responsibility. She kept for herself the responsibility of making that choice but wants to take that responsibility away from other women. I can applaud and admire the hard personal choice she and her husband made. I can not accept her determination to take away my right and responsibility to make such choices for myself.
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