Discussion at my house on abortion and Downs Syndrome:

My husband said, well old McCain picked a woman to run.. and as stuff came out about her life.. after the initial, insult about stealing Hillary's run, was that I don't think any man or woman has the right to tell me or you what is right for our family. If a Dr. told us the child had DownSyndrome, we might not choose to take that responsibility on. We might not want to saddle ourselves with eternal debts, eternal parenting, eternal discrimination, and a life that would seriously take from our other children.. So, for us it would be a personal decision to make. It would be a choice that I want to make, and not some other man or woman. I hate that we're back to single item issues.. but that is a huge issue for me, as a woman. No one should tell me what is right of wrong for my body or my family. They talk about getting gov't out of our lives, yet time and time again they try and dictate to US how to live our lives.

..Or, if you aren't religious, or another million other factors, you have every right to decide what is best for your body and your family.

My wife and I had a baby last year. We did prenatal testing, early on to find out the likliehood of various birth defects, like downs. And we talked about what we would do, if we discovered it. We likely would have terminated the pregnancy, ourselves, and tried for another baby.

And I don't feel guilty, or bad, or shamed knowing that's what my decision would be.

I realize my decision doesn't have to be the same for everybody either, but its mine (and my wife's) to make. Not John McCain and Sarah Palin's!

For me, the choice argument has nothing to do with when "life" begins. It has to do with whether an unborn life should trump a woman's right to autonomy over her own body. My answer is no, it shouldn't.

I will respect the choice she made as a mother. I only ask that she respect the choices others make too.

The thing is that if we had universal health care as a matter of right, we'd have more parents making the choice to have a disabled child. Many parents make the decision to abort because they cannot possibly afford the lifelong medical bills.

and ask her that very question.. If you don't provide good health care and help, then I choose not to have a baby with Downs.. I would not be able to do what you could being a Gov and having money, help, and power afforded you.. AND I'll be damned if you take my families right to choose what I do.. and no Mam, you are no Hillary Clinton.