Sarah Palin | 04/17/2009 8:25 am
Sarah Palin Discusses Trig Decision: She Had to 'Walk the Walk'
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Sarah Palin ventured outside Alaska yesterday and headed to Indiana, where she addressed a crowd of nearly 3,000 pro-life activists.
In an especially candid moment, Palin discussed her decision making when it came to having her son, Trig, who she knew would be born with Down’s syndrome. The governor told the crowd that she knew she could abort the child, but chose to "walk the walk" and support his life.
Palin explained that she was out of Alaska when she found out, and did briefly toy with the idea of terminating the pregnancy: "There, just for a fleeting moment, I thought, I knew, nobody knows me here. Nobody would ever know. I thought, wow, it is easy. It could be easy to think maybe of trying to change the circumstances. No one would know. No one would ever know."
Her conscience and faith, however, won in the end: "It was a time when I had to ask myself, was I gonna walk the walk or I was gonna talk the talk … I had just enough faith to know that trying to change the circumstances wasn’t any answer." And for that we commend you, Gov. Palin.
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no one can control the body of another human being.
a man has no bearing to make any judgement or decision about another persons physical self, just as a woman has no bearing to make a decision about a mans body.
wow, think about it… how many women out there would force their husbands get that simple in-office vasectomy? hoo doggy! much better than polluting their bodies with horse hormones and artificial chemicals for years on end, or having expensive, dangerous surgical procedures done to tie their tubes.
but isn’t it hypocritical that she even considered an abortion?
By Michael Napolitano on 04/17/2009 12:25 pm Michael, Michael, Michael! I’m certain that you are smarter than that. How many times have you gotten so mad at someone who say, cuts you off in traffic or just pisses you off to the point that you got mad enough and felt like you wantewd to kill them yet your reasoning kicked in and you of course did not act upon your emotion towards that person. That does not make you a hyprocrite for having the thought. A hyprocrite would be telling someone not to do what you yourself continue to do.I guess I am amazed how you can say she is sooooo honest from this one moment. I agree that she showed vulnerability but it does not appear to be a real personality trait for her nor does brutal honesty.
And just like she exercised her right through her faith to make the choice not to abort, so should every woman have that right!! The right to choose life, God, what I read, who I like, etc…
no, i did not hear her speech because i am an advocate for a womans’ right to control her body in any way she chooses. it does not matter what she said - the fact is from the few quotes on here, she entertained the idea of choosing to terminate a high-risk pregnancy and disabled fetus for a while, and that she said it was a hard decision. to me, that means she really did struggle with the choice of whether to terminate or not - that abortion was a valid choice for her, even for however long she thought about it.
and what i do not like about sarah palins’ politics is that she works towards taking that choice she made for herself away from the millions of american women who struggle with the same issues she did.
A mind is a terrible thing to waste. Rather than take the time to read the womans words in full context you prefer to take the opinion of others who spoon feed your talking points….. Maybe she will not change your mind but at least have an open one.
She sees that fetus as a living breathing beautiful child not matter whether the mother CHOOSES it or not!
Do you disagree that she chose to have sex? She has the RIGHT now to deal with the consequences of her actions.
my mind is very open, sj, i realize other people have different opinions, but the fact is i have thought long and hard about every aspect of this situation. i have debated and written countless arguments about abortion, the rights of the fetus and woman, where life begins, if there is a soul, sin, ect ect.. and this is where i stand on the issue of who owns and controls someones body. this is a permanent issue with nothing changing. the fact that i am firm in my thought-out convictions does not mean my mind is closed, sj.
and i agree, a mind is a terrible thing to waste. which is why i fully support the right of a woman to use hers to make her own decisions about her body - which she herself owns, no one else.
and that is completely her right, i am not trying to deny her the right to believe what she wants and to speak it. she can work with pregnant women who have high risk pregnancies, help those in need, help children without parents, ect ect… she can do a lot to help children without stripping the female sex of the ownership of their body.
and as for disagreeing with her choice to have sex… no… i keep my nose out of other people’s business.
Lemon Tea,yes, I am living in the US…I had a crisis pregnancy, went to a free government clinic, was very much pressured to have an abortion, was lied to also. I was told my precious baby was a blob of tissue and a product of conception. I was told I needed to have this abortion right away before my baby became human. I was not given any alternative option,(like where I could get help so my baby could be adopted) .I WAS pressured. I was lied to..told that it would be over quickly and I would never suffer.. no one would ever know..I so regret that my baby isn’t alive today because I had that abortion..I have met and heard from many other teens who were pressured in the same way I was..I do take ultimate responsibility for my action , but there is a huge element in SOCIETY, like the public school system ,Planned Parenthood, etc.that pressures very scared,vulnerable, young women to abort. I have suffered and regretted my abortion. It was painful physically, emotionally, and spiritually…. and people in our society played a huge part in swaying me…… Thank God that there are a few courageous people like Sarah Palin who represent a segment in our society that are willing to stand up and speak out for life,liberty and the pursuit of happiness for the unborn !!! She has shown us that there is a better way. She is awesome !! I pray for abortion to end, and that we won’t have a choice to kill our unborn children..