Reminder on why I'm pro-life

The link that I've posted below is hard, horrible, and graphic (descriptively, not visually) read on the sobering reality of abortion in the United States, but one that I want you to read anyway (if you're over age 13). Obviously abortion is something very real to me, and I'm grateful to the Lord for keeping me from being one of those aborted babies!

Thank you Ada Moore for posting this via Facebook, and thank you Kelly Clinger for sharing your story. May the Lord continue to use your story and life for His glory, and may He continue to give you boldness!

"We Can't Handle the Truth About Abortion" - Kelly Clinger

Links to articles on Palin and Obama

Got up early this morning to get some interview questions written for an interview that I have in less than an hour...need to go find some dressy clothes that I can be comfortable in all day on campus!

Found these two articles via Drudge Report while eating breakfast and thought I would share:

The first is a three page article from the International Herald Tribune about Sarah Palin and her Downs Syndrome infant Trig. Really well written; shows her struggle with everyone, examines the rapidity of which she went back to work after Trig's birth, and talks about how her family handled it. Here's the link: Palin fuses politics and motherhood in a new way

The second is a short article from The Washington Times about Barak Obama's verbal slip Sunday while he was being interviewed by ABC's George Stephanopoulos on "This Week." (In case you haven't heard, he accidently said "my Muslim faith" instead of "my Christian faith," and Stephanopoulos was the one who immediately corrected him.) I'm not an Obama fan, but I do pity that slip. I've definitely done things like that! (Yet no one's paying that much attention to me so it's not a big deal anyway.) Here's the link: Obama's verbal slip fuels his critics

So it's totally unacceptable to be pro-life?

Gov. Sarah Palin with husband Todd and infant son Trig, who has Downs Syndrome.

Today's issue of The New York Times featured not one, not two, but three stories on Gov. Sarah Palin's 17 year-old unwed and pregnant daughter Bristol ON THE FRONT PAGE.

Seriously? Who deemed all three front page stories necessary? Very tactful, NY Times. Excellent work.

As countless politicians and public figures (McCain, Obama, and Thompson, to name a few) have said, it's a private matter. Sadly, it's now under public scrutiny simply because Palin is McCain's running mate.

The press has been merciless in bringing this issue to light and honestly, it's none of their business (so one might ask why I'm blogging about it...). I don't believe in hiding the issue, but please, let the girl have some privacy. (Lord knows if McCain and Palin take office that neither Bristol nor the rest of the families will have any privacy.)

I'm cheering for Palin and for Bristol - why? Because it's obvious that they're pro-life. One, they've been open about Bristol's pregnancy, the baby's father, and the fact that she plans to marry the father and keep the baby. Two, Palin's fifth child, Trig, has Down's Syndrome. Due to pre-natal genetic testing, Mr. and Gov. Palin knew that Trig would be born with Down's Syndrome, yet they chose to keep him - even despite family pressures from Gov. Palin's own mother. I find it disgusting that the grandmother of a child that's already been born and a great-grandchild still in the womb would still talk about the possibility of abortion. Seriously, what is wrong with you?

So what do I think? Let's leave Bristol Palin alone and focus on Gov. Palin; after all, how is this side story really going to change Gov. Palin's ability to lead our country in the role of vice president? And let all the pro-life voters out there commend Gov. Palin and her family, speak up, and stick with them - after all, isn't this the kind of person we've been wanting in office for years?