This week's cover of InTouch Weekly is FABULOUS.

[ohinternets.livejournal.com]

An excerpt from the article:

Though raising an infant has been challenging, Bristol has the unconditional love and support of her family — especially her mother, Sarah Palin. After all, no one can better understand the complicated decision to have a baby under difficult circumstances. Just a year earlier, at the age of 44, Sarah carried her son Trig to term, even though she was told during a sonogram that he would be born with Down syndrome. Now, the mother and daughter are sharing a unique experience— raising baby boys together under the same roof.

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[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Just a year earlier, at the age of 44, Sarah carried her son Trig to term, even though she was told during a sonogram that he would be born with Down syndrome.

"Even though" - how I despise the way that's worded.

And OMG I am slow, but... what is the relationship between these two babies? They're not cousins. They're not siblings. Help me!

[ohinternets.livejournal.com]

I know, what poor phrasing, I thought about writing to InTouch about it.

Trig is Tripp's uncle :)

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

:::thinks:::

THAT IS SO BIZARRE!

I have a friend who had a daughter when she was very young, and so they look more like sisters than mother-daughter. The daughter is now grown up, and they both ended up having babies the same year. For the life of me it always confuses me as to what these two kids are to each other. It's so rare. Can you imagine being pregnant the same time as your mother? LOL!

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

Something like 90 percent of babies with Down syndrome are aborted, though, which makes "even though" not surprising. Very sad, but not surprising. :-(

[x-1013-x.livejournal.com]

I'm not a kid person, but that's really cute. Trig always makes me smile.

[kensieg.livejournal.com]

love your icon!

[x-1013-x.livejournal.com]

Thank you! I was playing Cousin It that day, should have worn my hair up.

[litlover12.livejournal.com]

I can't wait to see the sales figures for this issue. I'm even tempted to buy my very first issue of "In Touch Weekly"! Egads! Can you buy it in a brown paper wrapper so no one can see the title? :-) But how great to have that message showing on every magazine rack. Go Sarah and Bristol!

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Palin's appearances on The O'Reilly Factor and Glenn Beck were huge ratings winners.

[ohinternets.livejournal.com]

Can you buy it in a brown paper wrapper so no one can see the title? :-)

LOL IRL!!! You think I could ask someone to cut the picture of Skeletor Zoe's bikini ghastliness out of the cover before I have to look at it? :(

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

Eek! I didn't notice that on first glance. No clue who she is, but wow, she looks bad.

[so-sporktastic.livejournal.com]

Yeah, this. I think I'm going to pick it up - I'm a young mom as well, raising my child on my own, and my mom is Sarah's age.

[lazypadawan.livejournal.com]

Those babies are adorable!

This is amazing stuff for two reasons. First of all, it looks like for once somebody not part of the conservative media isn't out for character assassination against Sarah Palin.

Second, I can only imagine how that cover will change the minds of many women out there contemplating abortion, including those who want to abort their Down's Syndrobe babies.

[ohinternets.livejournal.com]

I had the same thoughts, both of them :)

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

That is awesome! Finally a non-conservative publication focusing on something GOOD in the Palin family. I look at those two babies and wonder how on earth anyone could support abortion. (And I don't even really like babies!) I just can't imagine a situation desperate enough that it's worth ending an innocent life.

I, too, cringed at the "even though" phrasing. I don't understand how people can't see that aborting a baby with Down's (or any other ailment) is no different than Hitler's goal to get rid of everyone not "perfect". The motives may be different, but the result is the same.

[so-sporktastic.livejournal.com]

I just can't imagine a situation desperate enough that it's worth ending an innocent life.

As a young mom who nearly had an abortion (and my child just turned three yesterday), I can sum it up in one word for you.

Selfishness.

MY life.
MY wants.
What I want when I want it.
Not wanting to change how I live.
Not wanting to wait for someone else.
Not wanting to lose MY home, MY friends, MY freedom, MY job.
Not wanting MY body to change.
Not wanting to deal with the social stigma against ME.

It's usually not about desperate situations. It's about wanting the status quo and willing to sacrifice another person to keep it.

[kimana83.livejournal.com]

Congrats to your little one, and bravo to you for making the brave choice. I agree with you about selfishness being the motivation behind most abortions, even if the person doesn't realize it. But I know there are rare times when something awful, like a rape, has happened to the woman, and I can't really BLAME her for wanting to get rid of the child, but - well, as my husband says, "I'm for the death penalty in rape cases, but not for the baby."

This makes me think of a line in Law & Order: SVU (which tends to be more liberal anyway). Detective Olivia Benson is herself the product of a rape, but when asked by one of her coworkers what she would do if she was raped, she said, "I'd take the morning after pill - no hesitation." In saying that she basically just said that her life is not worth living. All those bad guys she put away - who cares? Kill the child conceived in rape. Oh, that made me SO MAD.

[scarletwalk.livejournal.com]

A big reason as to why Sarah Palin caught my attention is because of the way she spoke about Trig. I know in my heart that she means every word she says about her son, because I can relate to her.

I have a Downs Syndrome brother (his name is Andrew). When Palin says that her son has enriched her life ten fold, I believe her ... Because that's how I feel about my brother. My entire family feels so fortunate to have Andy in our lives. My brother is perfect the way he is.

Anyway, whenever I listen to the Gloria Steinems of the world claiming that they're speaking for all women, I want to tell them to shut up. Sarah Palin "speaks for me" much more than they ever could!

[longlostblue.livejournal.com]

Feminists like that only support other feminists.

[mosinging1986.livejournal.com]

I would love to see people who encourage aborting babies with DS or any other condition go up to parents in that situation who kept their child and tell them they should've killed them instead. I'd love to see them tell these parents, who love their kids like all normal parents do, that their child is not worth being alive simply because of this or that illness or disability.

Some might actually do it. Most, I think, would be ashamed. As well they should be.

[so-sporktastic.livejournal.com]

Pro-choice - you have the freedom to choose abortion, and if you don't, you are simply oppressed by the patriarchy and/or a crazy Godloving right-winger.

What's actually kind of funny is, awhile back, I was watching The View. They were discussing "DIY Childbirth" - or Unassisted Childbirth (UC), which is giving birth with no professional medical attendants present, usually at home. It's something I support, and I know several people who have done it, and say it's the most empowering thing EVER. Anyway - the hosts of The View were HORRIFIED, and kept saying that they didn't think ANY woman should be "allowed" to do this, and they brought up the issue of safety for the baby, and I THINK someone said that women who do this should be prosecuted for child neglect, etc.

IF they don't believe that a fetus is a baby UNTIL it's born, and all the "DIY Childbirth" stuff occurs BEFORE the baby is born, so UNTIL the baby is born and UP TO AND INCLUDING the method of childbirth then... how do you reconcile that with MY BODY MY CHOICE? If it's MY body, and MY choice, then it's MY choice to give birth the way I want to, and you don't have any right to tell me otherwise.

So STFU, Joy Behar & Co.

[modernelegance.livejournal.com]

How precious! I am totally going to purchase this issue! ♥

[zerorevenge.livejournal.com]

I must say, that is one beautiful cover, put a smile to my face.

in b4 "B'awwwww!"

[mugglechump.livejournal.com]

Sarah carried her son Trig to term, even though she was told during a sonogram that he would be born with Down syndrome.

While I'm glad Sarah Palin did continue her pregnancy, it really irritates me that the article phrases it as if it was some majorly unusual choice to make. As if the obvious and 'normal' thing to do would be to abort Trig because he wasn't 'perfect'.

[ohinternets.livejournal.com]

Sadly, as someone pointed out upstream, nearly 90% of Down Syndrome affected babies are aborted, so her choice is tragically abnormal and unusual.