Trig’s Moment
Posted by Danielle Bean in News on Thursday, September 11, 2008 6:18 AM
Have you read Michael Gerson’s piece in the Washington Post about Trig Palin? Do. You owe it your humanity. Just read it.
Trig’s moment in the spotlight is a milestone of that movement. But it comes at a paradoxical time. Unlike what is accorded African Americans and women, civil rights protections for people with Down syndrome have rapidly eroded over the past few decades. Of the cases of Down syndrome diagnosed by prenatal testing each year, about 90 percent are eliminated by abortion.
90 percent. Did you catch that? 90 percent.
I must say, I love the idea of a 4-month-old civil rights activist. Even more than that, I love the idea of a 4-month-old civil rights activist who sleeps through his moment in the sun.
When I watch these videos, when I look at these pictures, I don’t want to talk politics. I only want to know how anyone can look at this baby and deny his preciousness. I only want to know how anyone can look at this family adoring this infant, slicking his hair with pudgy, spit-coated hands, clutching his sweet, warm body close while the world looks on, and think: This is a mistake. This is a problem that should have been taken care of months before it was born.
This election season, I am pro-Trig. Go you, Trig Palin! Go you!
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