Catholics praise Alaska governor for embracing son with DS
May 8th, 2008From Catholic Online:
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Local Catholic leaders and advocates for the disabled praised Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband, Todd, for fully embracing the arrival of their fifth child, who was born with Down syndrome April 18.
In a statement, the Palin family said they knew, through early testing, that Trig Paxon Van Palin “would face special challenges.”
Despite Trig’s disability, the Palins said they felt “privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives.”
The Palin family’s public comments stand in contrast to the stark reality of statistics showing that more than 90 percent of women who receive a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome choose to abort the child.
… “It is a beautiful witness, especially for someone who is so public like the governor,” Anchorage Archbishop Roger L. Schwietz told the Catholic Anchor, the archdiocesan newspaper. “Clearly her actions are a public witness to the fact that every child is a gift. This is what the pro-abortion people don’t want to admit to.
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