[Pen-l] McCain's veep candidate has Down Syndrome son

[Doyle Saylor <doylesaylor@xxxxxxx>]

Greetings Economists,
90 % of Downs Syndrome babies are aborted now.  This raises a peculiar  
dichotomy for progressive opinion.  The Christian Right will support  
Palin because she is a right to lifer, but the left is unprepared to  
argue for Downs Syndrome babies as a matter of disabled rights.

There is such a commitment amongst progressives to abortion that the  
serious social problems supposedly solved by abortion are ignored.  If  
this becomes a part of the campaign I would imagine this will push the  
issue from the right rather than the left as it should be.  There is a  
vicious anti intellectually disabled mood in the country.

The Disability Rights movement has something to say about this in the  
long term.  Hopefully it will move up in the consciousness of the left.
thanks,
Doyle Saylor
On Aug 29, 2008, at 8:05 AM, Jim Devine wrote:

> I'd prefer Michael Palin instead.
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> Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own
> way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante.
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