As for where my opinion on abortion comes from: I serve on women’s health roundtable with Iowa Lt. Gov Patti Judge at a Women’s Heath Center in Iowa. Up until recently, I served on the board that determined what medical information
North East Iowa students receive regarding sex education, pregnancy information, pelvic exams, STI’s, GLBT information, etc.

I highly doubt I would have been selected by a hospital if I didn’t know what I was talking about.

sounds to me though that “granny” is a life long closet lib and wasnt going to vote for McCain anyway…

btw…did you here that obama is really a Muslim terrorist, and that he is secretly hiding his identity until after the election, then he plans to over-throw the government and enslave America?

Must be true…..if a blogger said it…..

Sarah Palin deserves to be attacked because she does not practice what she preaches. She favors abstinence-only sex education and is hostile to birth control but can’t keep her seventeen year old daughter from getting pregnant. It’s as simple as that.

PEACE

I will also defer to the doctor on the travel issue. I am positive the doc knows more about the risks than you do.

Life is full of risks and I am sure that if either of them felt there was a risk then she would not have traveled. But maybe I am wrong. Tell me again about all your medical training and what the risks were. I would like to know how you made such an evaluation on a subject you know little about compared to a doctor regarding a patient you have never seen.

Try a new tact because this will not fly.

And like I stated earlier, I don’t care if Palin was listening to the advice of her doctor if you are so Pro-Life it is undenialable hypocrisy to take such a risk.

I say that when you become a medical professional we will pay attention to your opinion about it. My opinion, as a Registered Nurse, is that she followed her doctor’s advice and that is fine.

The “peanut” is a reference to size. On another website I brought this up and used “fetus” only to have one reader seriously confused about “how far along” are we talking.

Its a fact that it is unwise to fly late in pregnacy but it is downright dangerous to fly while in labor. Especially with a DS baby. DS babies require immediate attention at birth because DS babies can have heart problems.

Palin claims that she felt ok with her previous experience in labor that she could fly back. But like me, Palin is not a medical professional. Had Trig Palin been born on that plane it is very unlikely that he would have come off it alive.

I can’t image a doctor would actually give to go ahead for such a risk.

And even if she received permission from a medical professional any pregnancy over 35 is a high risk pregnancy, especially when that child is a special needs baby.

To take ANY risks like this with ANY pregnancy is NOT OK in my book.

She’s says that it is so noble that she gave birth to Trig.

While I am pro choice, I would never abort a pregnancy just because of Downs Syndrome.

And as for partial birth abortions:

Partial birth is a political term, not a medical one. It was coined by the National Right to Life Council. And contrary to the NRLC’s claims, most “partial birth abortions” are not performed during the 3rd trimester, but rather between 20-24 weeks.

Yes, there are people who have 2nd trimester abortions without a legit medical reason. However, for those parents who do have an abortion for a legit medical reason it is necessary to keep “partial birth abortions” legal because rarely do severe medical conditions show up until later into a pregnancy.

As long as they keep the focus OFF of what Obama says, he won’t look the boob that he really is.

He also said that his campaign deserves to be acknowledged as executive experience, LOL

Great article, BD.

Also, I respect anyone’s right to argue their opinion but find it offensive when you use the term “peanut” to refer to an embryo. It is an embryo, fetus, blastula – take your pick but please do not refer to human beings (or potential human beings for those who are unsure of when life begins) as peanuts.

I do know that BO believes in partial birth abortions and shelving babies that are ALREADY born and this is far more hazardous to their health than traveling. They get to the exit and have their brains sucked out.

A Governor is an executive leader, a Senator is NOT.

Are you an OB/GYN? I doubt you are bright enough. Her doctor said it was OK for her to travel and that is all you need to know. It is none of your business.

If you think that a developing child is a peanut then I was right, you are a liberal. Your family has good credentials but you do not. Abortion is murder, regardless of what you might think.

The point though, is that Palin talked to her doctor about it and she received a medical opinion that is far better than you or Alan Colmes could hope to do. Why are you worried about the kid anyway, seems you don’t know much about the unborn.