‘Objectivist’ Writer: Trig Palin a Financial Burden Who Should Have Been Aborted

[Run To State]

How disgusting is this?

 

In stunningly self-centered, cruel fashion, Nicholas Provenzo, writer for the Center for the Advancement of Capitalism suggests that Sarah Palin’s decision to give birth to a child with Down Syndrome, is a financial burden that others are forced to suffer with.

 

Provenzo, who has written opinion pieces for the Washington Times, Capitalism Magazine, and the Atlanta Journal Constitution, as well as being a guest on Bill Maher’s former show, Politically Incorrect, makes his case for “the morality of aborting a fetus diagnosed with Down syndrome.”

 

The full first paragraph of the piece which is circulating amidst the blogosphere reads (emphasis mine):

 

Like many, I am troubled by the implications of Alaska governor and Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin's decision to knowingly give birth to a child disabled with Down syndrome. Given that Palin's decision is being celebrated in some quarters, it is crucial to reaffirm the morality of aborting a fetus diagnosed with Down syndrome (or by extension, any unborn fetus)—a freedom that anti-abortion advocates seek to deny.

 

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[Habib]

I've never heard of this "Center for the Advancement of Capitalism." Are they in favor or opposed to capitalism?

 

Regardless, a really dumb thing to say by someone who doesn't have the talent to be published otherwise.

[Run To State]

I've never heard of this "Center for the Advancement of Capitalism." Are they in favor or opposed to capitalism?

 

Regardless, a really dumb thing to say by someone who doesn't have the talent to be published otherwise.

Here's their philosophy.

[westsider]

I agree with the "disgusting" assessment ...

 

I'm pro-choice, which obviously means Gov. Palin had just as much right to carry the pregnancy to term as she did to terminate it.

[pigman]

It's her and her husbands decision and no one else matters, and yes this article is disgusting.

[Jim Schue]

It's her and her husbands decision and no one else matters, and yes this article is disgusting.

 

Well, before you all go warming up your pipes to scream "liberal media," it seems the writer is pretty conservative, as is the Washington Times and other publications he's worked on. (Although the AJC is kind of middle-of-the-road; not as liberal as the Herald-Leader or C-J.)

[cch5432]

Well, before you all go warming up your pipes to scream "liberal media," it seems the writer is pretty conservative, as is the Washington Times and other publications he's worked on. (Although the AJC is kind of middle-of-the-road; not as liberal as the Herald-Leader or C-J.)

 

Apparently a bunch of Ayn Rand conservatives. Certainly a harsh brand of conservatism.

[Habib]

Apparently a bunch of Ayn Rand conservatives. Certainly a harsh brand of conservatism.

 

Yeah. Ayn Rand is what I thought of when I read the link RTS gave me.

 

Edit: I guess I missed the title. Of course it is Ayn Rand's philosophy.

[ladiesbballcoach]

I agree with the "disgusting" assessment ...

 

I'm pro-choice, which obviously means Gov. Palin had just as much right to carry the pregnancy to term as she did to terminate it.

 

Do you feel that prostitution should be legalized so that a woman can choose what to do with her body including making a living with it?

[westsider]

Do you feel that prostitution should be legalized so that a woman can choose what to do with her body including making a living with it?

I wouldn't have a problem with legalized, regulated and taxed prostitution.

[halfback20]

I wouldn't have a problem with legalized, regulated and taxed prostitution.

 

Why not? :thumb:

[ladiesbballcoach]

I wouldn't have a problem with legalized, regulated and taxed prostitution.

 

At least you are consistent.

I await the Democrat party to be consistent and make this a plank of their platform.

[True blue (and gold)]

At least you are consistent.

I await the Democrat party to be consistent and make this a plank of their platform.

 

Sort of like awaiting the Republican party to be consistant on their "Pro Life" platform and denouncing the death penalty.

[ladiesbballcoach]

Sort of like awaiting the Republican party to be consistant on their "Pro Life" platform and denouncing the death penalty.

 

So an innocent unborn baby is equal to Ted Bundy with both of their lives deserving equal protection in your view? WOW!

[cch5432]

Sort of like awaiting the Republican party to be consistant on their "Pro Life" platform and denouncing the death penalty.

 

:thumb::thumb::thumb::thumb: Agreed!