Did Palin FORCE her UNDERAGE Daughter to have a Down Syndrome baby (and then claim the baby for herself)?

Question

…the oldest girl is rumored to have actually been the one who had the last baby, the one with Down’s Syndrome. She was taken out of school the last 4 or 5 months of her mother’s pregnancy.

On March 5th, 2008 Alaska’s Republican Governor, Sarah Palin, announced to the media that she was 7 months pregnant with her 5th child. She is currently 44.

Palin’s daughter Bristol is 16 and attends an Anchorage high school. Students who have attended class with her report that she has been out of school for months, claiming a prolonged case of mono.

Palin does not appear pregnant in any recent photographs.

Answer 1

no thats her kid.

however, having a baby after 40 is considered high risk and she knew it. i feel bad for the baby but not for her....she could have adopted.

Answer 2

No.  Of course she didn't lie about having a baby to cover up her daughter's pregnancy.  

    

The Governor, a vocal anti-choice Republican, chose to return to Alaska to have her 5th child despite the following risk factors:

1.  She was leaking amniotic fluid (her water broke) increasing the risk of infection.

2.  She was 44 years old, a risky age for childbirth.

3.  The baby she was carrying had known "special challenges" (down syndrome)

4.  The child was one full month premature.

5.  She flew from Texas to Alaska on a commercial airline (Alaska Airlines) while while leaking amniotic fluid, a 10 or more hour flight depending on the length and location of her layover.

6.  She did not inform any of the airline staff of her condition.

However, Gregg Erickson, a reporter from the Anchorage Daily News, told the Daily Kos that the rumors had been investigated and debunked.  

So it appears that these behaviors are not those of a person faking/covering up a pregnancy but merely those of someone with terrible, terrible judgment.

Answer 3

She couldn't force her daughter to have a baby.  The daughter would have legal rights over her body.

But, I answer in sheer hypotheticals.  The baby is Governor Pallin's.  

Again, why are you so obsessed by this woman's s*x life?  Surely your life isn't that sad.

Answer 4

The baby is alive right, great ( if you can't feed them don't bread them)

Answer 5

Firstly, I don't know why I' m answering your ridiculous, totally baseless, accusations.  God you people are weird.  Actually, I seen a picture of Sara Palin when she was five months pregnant, on the day before she announced that she was expecting a downs syndrome child.  Trust me, judging by the puffiness in the face, this women was definitely pregnant.  In addition, she never carried the baby full term.  The baby was born premature, so nobody ever seen her nine months pregnant. You people are really a sad lot. And by the way, you shouldn't be getting your news from other troubled individuals in chat rooms.  They make stuff up

Answer 6

Wow..you are on crack.

You know what.....You might be on to something....I heard Obama's eldest got pregnant and he forced her to abort it.

(see how disgusting and horrible that sounds)

Honestly...don't be so sick....I noticed there were no links with this article.. WONDER WHY? *sarcasm*

Answer 7

Your really funny and sad.  This is a bit of a stretch even for Obamabots...

Answer 8

Thats what Ive heard

Answer 9

And, you keep asking this same question, why?  

Answer 10

Well it wouldn't surprise me! She's a power-hungry bit@h, we don't need any more of those in our government!

Answer 11

No. You are slandering not only Sarah Palin but also her daughter. How does it feel to know you are helping to hurt an innocent child? Oh, I forgot for a minute that you liberals are evil and don't care who you hurt. People who love to rip babies apart before they are born can't be expected to care about them when they are teenagers...

Answer 12

Did you know Obama's step dad listed him as Muslim.

This registration document, made available on Jan. 24, 2007, by the Fransiskus Assisi school in Jakarta, Indonesia, shows the registration of Barack Obama under the name Barry Soetoro into the Catholic school made by his step-father, Lolo Soetoro. The document lists Barry Soetoro as a Indonesian citizen, born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu, and shows his Muslim step-father listed the boy's religion as Islam.(AP Photo/ Tatan Syuflana)

http://www.daylife.com/photo/01u33pL9Ns0...

Answer 13

UPDATE  You know what? I don't like rumors so I went and googled it to try to disprove it. Looked for pics oh her during the time she was supposed to be pregnant, ant I gotta say, there may be something to that rumor. All the pics I found were of her looking "not pregnant" and some of her daughter with what looks like a baby bump. Taking into consideration her opposition to the use of contraceptives and her opposition to abortion I think it is a possibility. I also read an article on ireport.com. I ignored most of the blogs, but apparently this has been a rumor in Alaska for a while. I will keep investigating. However I am not ready to say this is true... yet

this sounds like a Rumor. I am voting for Obama. Trust me there is no need for these made up rumors. Once everyone gets to know Palin, and how anti-woman her policies are, people will run away from her. Don't go down to the republican's level...

Answer 14

I did read about this today in an Anchorage newspaper.  So I know you didn't make this up.

However, I don't know how true it is.  Remains to be seen I guess.

Answer 15

I just got an IM about this.

If there is any meat to it,  maybe the media will pick it up but sounds like it is more suited for the National Enquirer.

If it is true, why would Palin lie about it?  This is not the 1950's when unmarried young girls who had babies were scandalized.

Answer 16

it's Palin's.

The baby was born with down syndrome something more prevalent in older women giving birth. That's not saying it couldn't be her daughters but it makes be believe it's hers. Plus in the youtube generation if it was her daughters her friends pictures of her pregnant would be all over CNN as they'd be going for top dollar.

Answer 17

Scratch my old answer. That's just wrong. Sick wrong.

Answer 18

I am a conservative and I think that Palin should come out in public and tell people if the baby is her's or her daughter's as this story will only grow legs and damage her and McCain.

Answer 19

YES--probably.

Answer 20

uhh, idk. look even though I don't like Palin at all and consider her a detriment to women everywhere, I don't like where this question is leading. AND yes I have seen the pictures and it does appear that her daughter was preggo.

Answer 21

lol

Answer 22

Your question speaks loudly as to the intellect of the obama crowd.  

Answer 23

Her daughter had mono which explains the absense from school.  Palin had that child, not her daughter. Get new material, this is already past old.

Answer 24

18 April 2008 (36 weeks) – 10 Dec 2007 = 17 weeks and 2 days pregnant. Sarah said, " my one and only son in Iraq".

When you are 4 months pregnant, how can you say that you only have one son?

By the way, risk factor of Down's syn. due to age only applies to first-term mothers. Have you heard of Down's syn. kid with FOUR normal siblings?

Answer 25

If that is true then that is really sad and sick.

EDIT -

From Fox News - she "doesn't look seven months pregnant"

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,3356...