From the "That's an Outrage"section of the website

September 4, 2008

The media has started an anti-life frenzy over Governor Sarah Palin’s maternity records reporting that she had an amniocentesis.  The prenatal test requires sticking a needle into the uterus through the abdominal wall and removing some amniotic fluid.  The fluid would contain some of the child’s cells and therefore can be tested for genetic abnormalities, like an extra 21st chromosome leading to a Down Syndrome diagnosis.  They argue the only reason to have this test is if you are considering abortion.  

The pro-aborts are declaring that Palin’s pro-life credentials are called into question because she got this test.  The results were conclusive that her son, Trig, would have Down Syndrome.  And they argue that she must have in the very least considered abortion because she had the test in the first place.  If she had the “choice” then she should at least have the courtesy of giving other women the “choice” to abort their disabled (or not) child.  This is absolutely preposterous.

Palin even explained to People Magazine about her amniocentesis, “I was grateful to have all those months to prepare. I can't imagine the moms that are surprised at the end. I think they have it a lot harder.”  We live in a time of great medical and technological advances.  The way people use those advances is completely up to them and their doctor.  Drawing conclusions based on your own bias is unfair and uncalled for, particularly if you are supposed to be the objective media (guffaw here).

Palin lives in a small town in Alaska.  I may be wrong, but I have a feeling the local hospital in Wasilla does not necessarily have a very advanced neonatal intensive care unit (NICU).  Heck I live in Washington, DC and the hospital where I delivered my first born didn’t have a NICU.  Maybe she got the test to know if she needed to deliver the baby in a hospital that could provide the advanced care needed when delivering a child with special needs.  The delivery of a child with special needs in Alaska probably takes greater planning than in the lower 48.  

Sarah Palin is the best thing to happen to families with children who have special needs.  Claiming that her pro-life credentials are called into question by a medical test is disgusting.  It’s obvious the pro-abortion forces are afraid of her.  They have nothing else on her but to make stuff up.  Hope will prevail on November 4th, for both the born and the unborn.