FW: Something I know you will appreciate

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Hi Everyone,

Just had to pass this along! I agree with Judy and Kristy this is not a

political statement. I watched the governor today before I ran out to do

errands today and I cried too! I thought of my and how beautiful

and precious he is to me!! And I thought of all the new mom's or expecting

mom's to be how wonderful this is for them!!!

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I just read this on-line & loved everything she said. Had to pass it along

to you!

Omission Watch: Pro-Life Alaska Governor Has Down Syndrome Baby

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Image removed by sender.Alaska Gov. Palin isn't just a pro-life

politician. She recently proved she's pro-life by personal example. In an

age when many parents receive the news that they're carrying a baby with

Down syndrome and then " terminate " the pregnancy, " Gov. Palin gave birth to

a son with Down syndrome and announced her delight at God's blessing. The

national news rarely covers much from Alaska, but this story also has a

heartwarming pro-life angle, which offers a political reason for the media

to go whistling past it. [uPDATE: A reader noted Alaska's AP had it, and the

picture I've added.]

Alaskan columnist Effie Caldarola wrote it up and I read it in my church

paper, the Arlington Catholic Herald. I couldn't find it online:

Over a month ago, her office announced that the 44-year-old and her husband,

Todd, were expecting their fifth child in May. It was a secret the beguiling

brunette, a runner, managed to keep from even her staff.

Then, April 18, she surprised us again by giving birth a month early to Trig

Palin, 6 pounds, 2 ounces. In true fashion, her amniotic fluid leaked

in Texas, she gave a speech at a Republican Governors Association convention

as scheduled anyway, and then returned to Alaska to deliver.

Immediately the family made this announcement: " Trig is beautiful and

already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special

challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift

and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. "

Trig Palin has Down syndrome. Early prenatal testing alerted the Palins to

this chromosomal abnormality, as it is alerting more and more families in

the early stages of pregnancy.

Unfortunately, because of early screening, more children with Down syndrome

are aborted and fewer and fewer are being born.

Children with Down syndrome do bring " unspeakable joy " into this world. I

know the laughter and blessings my 5-year-old nephew, Ethan, with Down

syndrome, has brought to our family. But how do you explain this joy to a

perfection-at-any-price world?

Politicians rarely help. How many politicians are ever called upon to really

walk the walk in their lives?

.....Palin, a politician who has been eloquent in her defense of life before

birth, has now proven with her own life how much she truly " walks the walk. "

Thank you, , for a beautiful witness given to us through a little one

whose Norse name, Trig, means " brave victory. "

-Tim Graham is Director of Media Analysis at the Media Research Center