You made a choice to have a baby whom you knew would be born with Down's syndrome. Good for you and good for this country that you are allowed to make choices. And too bad that you don't believe that everyone should get to make their own choice about such matters. But when you made that choice, didn't you imagine that you might have to make some changes in your life, give up a little ambition, take things a little slower, to give the time and attention that this new child would require? Did you honestly believe that you could take off on the campaign trail and work every hour of every day and do right by this new baby?

And when you said yes to the invitation to become a vice presidential candidate, knowing that your 17-year old daughter was pregnant, didn't it occur to you that you would embarrass your own daughter before the whole country? Most mothers I know would never have done such a thing. We would have supported our daughter in HER choice, we would have tried hard not to impose OUR choice, but we would have ALWAYS taken a back seat to protect our beloved child.

I don't think I am the only one who is thinking this. See this article in the New York Times.

Update: And here's another along the same lines.

Gillian Parrillo
SacWomen