Sarah Palin's difficult choice about her pregnancy

Todd S. Purdum wrote an interesting article about Sarah Palin. The article discusses her rise to national attention as Senator John McCain's running mate and how she was a handful for McCain's staff. The story also recounts some interesting details from those in Alaska who have dealt with Palin's brand of politics.

However, one quote from a Palin speech in Evanville, IA is very disturbing if not hypocritical. Palin was speaking to a group of conservatives who have her same values. According to Purdum, Palin found out that she was pregnant with her son Trip in Texas. This is the decision process that she went through, “While out of state, there just for a fleeting moment, I thought, Nobody knows me here. Nobody would ever know. I thought, Wow, it is easy to think maybe of trying to change the circumstances and no one would know—no one would ever know. Then when my amniocentesis results came back, showing what they called abnormalities—oh, dear God—I knew, I had instantly an understanding, for that fleeting moment, why someone would believe it could seem possible to change those circumstances, just make it all go away, get some normalcy back in life.”

Of course, Palin did not decide to terminate her pregnancy, but she had a choice to make. These are very revealing statements, but what they really show is the hypocrisy of one who vehemently anti-choice. Palin and others like her would deny the same decision process to every other American woman even in the event of rape and incest.

Palin's son was born with Down's Syndrome. She chose to have her son, even though she chose to hide her pregnancy from her staff and others. The question is, does Palin realize that if she had her way she would not have had those choices to make. Abortion is nasty business, but maybe it is a private matter between the woman and her creator. Sphere: Related Content