Canadian Doctor Worries that Trig Palin's Birth Will Result in Fewer Abortions

How ingrained in society has abortion become? Enough so that a Canadian doctor is worried that the decision of the Palins to give birth to Trig, who was known to have Down syndrome prior to birth, will result in fewer abortions:

Sarah and Todd Palin's decision to complete her recent pregnancy, despite advance notice that their baby Trig had Down syndrome, is hailed by many in the pro-life movement as walking the walk as well as talking the talk.

But a senior Canadian doctor is now expressing concerns that such a prominent public role model as the governor of Alaska and potential vice president of the United States completing a Down syndrome pregnancy may prompt other women to make the same decision against abortion because of that genetic abnormality. And thereby reduce the number of abortions.

Published reports in Canada say about 9 out of 10 women given a diagnosis of Down syndrome choose to terminate the pregnancy through abortion.

Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists in Ottawa, worries that Palin's now renowned decision may cause abortions in Canada to decline as other women there and elsewhere opt to follow suit.

He says not every woman is prepared to deal with the consequences of Down babies, who have developmental delays, some physical difficulties and often a shortened lifespan.

Wider use of blood screening and amniocentesis during pregnancies can now accurately predict the presence of Down syndrome.

Lalonde says his primary concern is that women have the....

...choice of abortion and that greater public awareness of women making choices like Palin to complete a pregnancy and give birth to their genetically-abnormal baby could be detrimental and confusing to the women and their families.

"The worry is that this will have an implication for abortion issues in Canada," Lalonde tells the Globe and Mail.

Sadly, way too many people in this country have the same "worries". Sarah Palin represents a threat to the abortion industry, not because she would ban abortion (because neither she nor McCain could do that), but because her example is likely to cause (or possibly shame) some women into rejecting abortion and choosing life.

The abortion industry cannot afford the cut in pay.

By the way, if you have any doubts as to the insanity Palin has inspired on the left, just look at this line:

Her greatest hypocrisy is in her pretense that she is a woman.

That from a female professor at University of Chicago's Divinity School. Apparently you're only a woman if you kill your kids in the womb. I wonder what kind of religion teaches that? Is that what Jesus the Community Organizer taught?