Thinning the herds? Saying goodbye to compassion...

Isn't it fitting that Sarah Palin's little baby boy, Trig, has Down's Syndrome...and many in America and Canada have taken to almost being sickened by him.

Could his condition be the last acceptable prejudice for certain people?

Read this from National Review Online and let me know your thoughts.

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The Last Acceptable Prejudice
An epidemic of Down Syndrome abortions.

By Gary Bauer and Daniel Allott

(Exerpt 1) Amid partisan wrangling over legislative solutions to the economic crisis, there was a rare moment of unanimity on Capitol Hill recently concerning the need to alleviate a much different, but equally serious, crisis. Passed overwhelmingly by both houses of Congress in late September and signed into law by President Bush on October 10, the Prenatally and Postnatally Diagnosed Conditions Awareness Act provides expectant mothers whose unborn children receive a diagnosis of Down Syndrome or other genetic condition with up-to-date information about the nature of the condition and connection with support services. Co-sponsored by Senators Sam Brownback (R., Kan.) and Edward Kennedy (D., Mass.), the legislation also provides for the creation of a national registry of families willing to adopt children with pre- or post-natally diagnosed conditions. (Exerpt 2) Part of the reason why prenatal disability discrimination has thrived resides in a medical establishment with a decidedly pro-abortion prejudice against babies with disabilities. Parents informed that their unborn child will be born with a disability are often given only the negative aspects of raising a child with a disability. In September, Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists of Canada (SOGC), fretted to the Globe and Daily Mail newspapers that Sarah Palin’s decision not to abort “could have detrimental effects on women and their families.” Palin’s decision, Lalonde explained, “may inadvertently influence other women who may lack the necessary emotional and financial support to do the same. The worry is that this will have an implication for abortion issues in Canada.” Read the whole piece here.