Breaking, "she (Sarah) was advised to abort her baby" according to Rick Scarborogh

[itsrobert]

Evangical for Palin on MSNBC tv.

on Sarah Palin's CHOICE to keep her child.

"against the advice of many to abort that child"

more accurate quote.

[smoogatz]

1. Advised by whom?

[C_U_L8R]

7. y'know... "many" just like the "some" in "some say"

[underseasurveyor]

10. He was asked that very question

and he stammered and stuttered something like, 'er uh well you know the societal idea that go along with raising a downs syndrome baby and I'm sure there were doctors that made the suggestion of aborting a downs syndrome fetus.. blahblahblah.'

He couldn't be specific because as is the norm for these folks, they speak out of their arse.

[aquart]

17. In other words, not one single person said a thing about it.

[underseasurveyor]

18. Exactly! n/t

[LeftinOH]

26. "They" advised her to abort.........who else?

[slackmaster]

2. Which Palin?

:shrug:

[itsrobert]

4. Sarah

The guy said she was given advice to abort the Down's baby and she went against that advice and kept it.

[slackmaster]

OK, now who was "the guy"?

Her obstetrician, another doctor, or just some dude?

DAMMIT PEOPLE, IT'S NOT EVEN 1:00 IN THE AFTERNOON HERE ON THE WEST COAST. SOME OF US HAVE JOBS THAT DON'T ALLOW US TO WATCH FUCKING TV ALL DAY.

[itsrobert]

8. He was pulling it out his ass

He back track and said it's a known fact that Doctors advise parents of expectant mothers to abort Downs babies all the time. Not specific to Sarah herself.

Also, I'm on the west coast, but have been home sick the last few days. I have a job too.

[slackmaster]

9. Whoever said that is a liar

Doctors do not as a matter of course advise women to abort Down's children.

[SammyWinstonJack]

30. It's a known fact? Too whom? Yeah he pulled that out of his ass.

[ColbertWatcher]

12. No one advised her to abort the baby.

A. it wasn't hers to begin with

B. this is just another ploy by the GOP-controlled media to dress up as victims

[yardwork]

23. Correct on both counts.

[Lex]

3. The doctor advised Sarah Palin or Sarah Palin advised Bristol.

Clarity counts.

[itsrobert]

6. He's pulling it out his ass

He says many doctors advise Sarah Palin to abort the child due to Downs.

[yardwork]

25. It's Down Syndrome, not Downs as I'm sure he incorrectly stated, and

he's lying.

[ingac70]

5. Doctors don't advise such things...

unless there is reason to believe the baby won't survive 'til term any way or the mother's life is in danger.

Doctor's don't go around advising abortions willy nilly.. God these liars piss me off.

[Caro]

11. An insane illness has taken over...

... people that I used to be proud to associate with. You were vicious to Hillary Clinton, and now you're being vicious to a woman who never did anything to hurt you.

Stop this shit.

Carolyn Kay
MakeThemAccountable.com

[itsrobert]

15. I'm confused

I reported what some ass said on TV, pulling facts out of his ass. Sorry.

[Bob Dobbs]

22. A woman who never did anything to hurt you (YET)

The problem is that were she to become Vice President she would do plenty to hurt me and the country.

And how is discussing questions about Palin's truthiness "vicious"?

[yardwork]

27. Who is being vicious to TaliPalin?

[alcibiades_mystery]

13. No doctor would advise an abortion based on Down Syndrome

That's totally ludicrous. Doctors only ever advise abortion in case of serious health risk to the mother or birth defects so debilitating that the fetus will die in utero or the infant within hours/days.

[TahitiNut]

14. Pure conjecture. He pulled that right out of his ass.

A total fabrication without the slightest yea-or-nay evidence to support such a claim whatsoever.

[Dukkha]

16. yeah, right. in Alaska.

BS!

[alstephenson]

19. If Sarah Palin had no intention of aborting her baby, no matter what....

why did she have genetic testing??? Seriously.

[Liberal Veteran]

20. More likely, her doctor laid out the various options available to her.

And let her decide.

[Lex]

21. Exactly. I call bullshit.

[Critters2]

24. It boggles my mind that these people seem to think lots or women

abort Down babies. I just don't believe it's that common. What this tells me is that THEY are the ones who consider having a baby with Down Syndrome a major crisis. I know two families with Down's children, and I know for a fact that a) both couples knew of the chromosomal problems before birth, and b) abortion never entered their minds.

These people are sick.

[lpbk2713]

28. Self delete

(Wasn't aware there were TWO Scarboroughs who were such pains in the ass)

[LeftinOH]

29. BULLSHIT. Nobody 'counsels' an adult, married woman to abort-

unless she herself brings it up.

[noel711]

31. The speaker was an 'evangelical minister...'

(the quotations are mine because I deplore their use of the
word 'evangelical' as code for 'right-wing-fundie-bigot'
which is NOT the true definition of evangelical, but that's
another rant for another time)....

ANYWAY, the blowhard kept repeating the meme 'She was advised..'
but couldn't cite WHO or WHEN she was advised.

HE then said: "Well, its' all over the culture.."
It's the CULTURE'S problem, and these poor women keep
hearing such things, that they can't cope, and do the right thing.

I call BULLSHIT on this.... the true authority on
Sarah Palin, US magazine said she told no one but her husband
that the child had the disability. She told her children after
the baby was born. (I love using one lame ass 'expert' against another).

NOW how does some lame ass 'evangelical' get the balls to get
up on national tv, and express how she was advised to abort?

Who the hell is he, and who appointed him god?

[HubertHeaver]

32. Does the child truly have Down Syndrome?

The photos I have seen (at the extreme risk of pulling a Frist) do not clearly show visible Down's facial or tongue features. The hidden problems are possible congenital heart defects and upper respiratory problems, either one of which would seem to preclude taking the child to Ohio for her introduction as VP candidate.