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Don't forget that it was late in her pregnancy when she announced she was having a baby. This gave her plenty of time to do genetic and other tests to determine if the baby was viable, and if it wasn't it gave her time to terminate the pregnancy without anyone knowing. She did have genetic tests done, after all. Why would a woman who celebrates life wait so long before announcing a joyous pregnancy?
Sure her child had Down's syndrome, and to her credit Palin carried through with the pregnancy. However, the cynical part of me thinks that Palin wanted to use a Down's syndrome baby as a political prop for the pro-lifer vote. I feel kind of bad about thinking that way.
