>>>"Palin said when running for governor in 2006 that she would support funding for abstinence-only education in schools, according to Eagle Forum Alaska, a conservative group that sent a questionnaire asking gubernatorial candidates their views on a range of issues."
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>>>It's easy for the rich to play that game.
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>>OIC
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>>well as her daughter has not been abstinent I guess that policy has taken a hit.
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>>When will politicians learn the art of pragmatism
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>But they did. Just stepping bravely through two births that would just make anyone else shake their heads in disbelief. Knowingly, or determinedly unknowingly (to the same effect) give birth to a child with Down syndrome, just to be in line with the party line, that's so... and now of course her daughter had a choice to carry the pregnancy to the end... because that's what happens to the girls who don't practice abstinence, as everyone can see now. And the father had the choice to get married.

I am giving Gov. Palin the benefit of the doubt about the baby born with Down Syndrome. Some people do choose to have a baby even if they know it will not be healthy. I would not assume the decision was made for political reasons.