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Move Over ‘99%’…Meet the Loveable ‘10%’

A study reports that since 1989, when prenatal testing for Downs Syndrome was introduced, 90 percent of women whose fetus tests positive decide to have an abortion. That means only 10 percent of children are brought to term after the mother learns of the condition.

The Daily Telegraph reports Friday that three children identified with Downs Syndrome are aborted in England and Wales per day.

Taking inspiration from the Occupy Wall Street protesters’ “I am the 99%” statements, which has also resulted in “I am the 53%“, this photograph began circulating around on Facebook. To date, it has been “liked” by thousands and shared upwards of 15,000 times since its posting on Sunday.

Only 10 Percent of Children With Downs Syndrome Brought to Term After Mother Receives Positive Prenatal Test

Boaz Reigstad will be 6 years old this Sunday. (Photo: Andy Reigstad)

LifeSiteNews tracked down the father, Andy Reigstad, who said he decided to take this picture of his nearly 6-year-old son Boaz to show people “that though our son is not perfect (nor are any of us), he is happy and his life is worth living.”

Up until recently, prenatal tests for Trisomy 21 — the condition where a person has 47 chromosomes instead of 46 with the extra at the 21st chromosome — were rather invasive for the mother and child. Earlier this month, a non-invasive blood test for Downs Syndrome was released, hailed by some for its increased safety and received with concern by others foreseeing increased testing and subsequent abortions. The New York Times has more:

“You will have dramatically fewer procedures,” said Dr. Stephen A. Brown, an associate professor of obstetrics and gynecology at the University of Vermont[...]. “It’s a game-changer.”

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“The number of American women who will have to grapple with this information prenatally will substantially increase,” said Dr. Brian G. Skotko of the Down syndrome program at Children’s Hospital Boston. His sister has Down syndrome, he said, and he pointed out that these tests could encourage more people to end their pregnancies, causing a decline in the numbers of people with the condition and leading to diminished support for them.

Although a high rate of abortions exist for women whose fetus tests positively for Downs Syndrome, a few years ago BBC reported a study of women in the United Kingdom and Europe revealed that births of children with the condition were on the rise.

Numbers of viewings for the photograph were updated in this story.

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  • angelcat
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:18am

    This brought tears to my eyes and goose bumps to my arms. It made me think of the Downs” Syndrome kids mainstreamed into my classroom who were always a joy and who helped teach the other kids how to be kind and accepting and to be grateful for their own talents.

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    • HorseCrazy
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:43am

      that child is so perfect and absolutely adorable. any person thinking abortion is the answer to down‘s needs only to see this child’s joyful smiling face. precious gift’s from God.

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    • vennoye
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:52am

      I have a book, “The Search, A Historian’s Search for Historical Jesus” and the author says the record shows that when Jesus said:
      Mt 18:2 And Jesus called a little child unto him, and set him in the midst of them, Mt 18:3 And said, Verily I say unto you, Except ye be converted, and become as little children, ye shall not enter into the kingdom of heaven. Mt 18:4 Whosoever therefore shall humble himself as this little child, the same is greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Mt 18:5 And whoso shall receive one such little child in my name receiveth me.
      The child he picked up was called a “ta child” they were used and abused all ways possible, physically and sexually, and utterly despised. The “ta children” back then were what we call Downs Syndrome children today!!

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    • IamEvilHomer
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:08pm

      90% of children with down syndrome are aborted? Wow that is so sad. We will be judged

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    • SimpleTruths
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:11pm

      Nice job of brainwashing, poor thing.

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    • platitude
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:55pm

      Gods handiwork eh? anyone that couldbelieve that god would deliberately create a child with down syndrome is out of their mind. We havescience to explain why children are born with genetic defects, we do not need to invoke god.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:04pm

      Yes, people don’t appreciate life in general in that they appreciate their own life. I wonder how many parents have cheated themselves out of the wonders of life? For that matter, how many parents have cheated themselves out of Revelations which could have caused them to start a business because they didn’t have a Down Syndromes child whom would have said a particular word that would caused the light to turn on in the parents mind?

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    • Charity in Truth
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:05pm

      Amen, Angelcat.
      Thank you Blaze and LifeSiteNews.com for exposing this hideous practice of abortion which NPR and the mainstream mass media neglects.
      Statistics show over 53 million babies have been aborted in the USA since Roe vs. Wade decision in 1973: American Life League http://www.all.org/
      Planned Parenthood is the largest abortion provider in our Nation which has been funded by taxpayers $ knowingly/unknowingly.
      US Senate switchboard: 202 224 3121
      US House 202 225 3121

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:10pm

      If someone can despise the living in a child’s infancy and more so as unborn, then their despicable perception of life can only go down-hill from there.

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    • Eliasim
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:13pm

      Isn’t it somewhat frightening that America has a President and supporters whom despise the living?

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    • bboop1934
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:39pm

      And it makes me remember my little sister who lived to be 63 years old. She was a delight to our whole family. So grateful to have had her for a sister. Such a joy. I miss her so much.

       
    • loriann12
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:40pm

      Mine, too….my son is the 10%! He‘s precious to me and I’d give my life for him.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:44pm

      @platitude

      Your remarks are insulting and I’m offended. My son was born to me when I was 26….far below the scientific age for having a child with Down Syndrome. yes, we can scientifically prove that he has an extra chromosone. What you can’t scientifically prove is the effect he has had on those around him. He is far more loving that you appear to be and forgives everyone, even someone who abused him. Demoncrats are the ones who want to practice Euthenasia and kill every one of them. There’s a nice warm place waitiing for you. remember “stop, drop and roll” doesn’t work in he77.

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    • airhead0
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:45pm

      When I was pregnant with our first son, I was 30, and the doctor asked me if I wanted “the test”. When she told me what it was for, I asked if it helps correct any issues that may have been discovered. She said no, and I asked then why have it? I was totally naive about the test and was truly perplexed. She said some women will terminate if it shows the baby has downs or spina-bifida. I was taken aback and put my hand on my stomach, i know my jaw dropped by the look on her face.

      I had 2 very healthy boys, but I can imagine being one of those mothers who learned the fate of her child in advance. I know I would have felt pain and guilt, but what I can’t imagine is not being grateful to God for the gift he had allowed me to have. All children are gifts and anyone who has worked or experienced a child with special needs knows that they are much more then the syndrome or the disease that inhabits them.

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:49pm

      WTF! I can be attacked on this site, but I can‘t tell someone I’m insulted? My post was there, then it was removed……This censorship is getting out of hand. If you remove my post, I demand you remove the post I was responding to.

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    • Chr1st14n
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:55pm

      @VENNOYE

      i am not trying to take away from your post if thats true then all the better but i just spent some time digging around in my Greek concordances and here is what i found:

      Original Word: παιδίον, ου, τό
      Part of Speech: Noun, Neuter
      Transliteration: paidion
      Phonetic Spelling: (pahee-dee’-on)
      Short Definition: a little child, an infant
      Definition: a little child, an infant, little one.

      little, young child, damsel.

      Neuter diminutive of pais; a childling (of either sex), i.e. (properly), an infant, or (by extension) a half-grown boy or girl; figuratively, an immature Christian — (little, young) child, damsel.

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    • Blackhawk1
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:01pm

      SimpleTruths

      “Nice job of brainwashing, poor thing.”

      Are you trying to insinuate that he is a brainwashed liberal?

      It is a proven fact that liberals are missing a gene. It must be personal responsibility gene.

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    • Ruler4You
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:03pm

      Yea, but you have the intellect of the entire body of the so called “99%”. And for a kid who had to have some one else print his sign, the message is a bit over the top.

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    • Curtman41
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:14pm

      @ platitude Who are YOU to judge or determine what “handiwork” or what is suitable, valid or acceptable in God’s eyes and what is NOT?

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    • Brooke Lorren
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:15pm

      I know that I had the blood test with my daughter, not because I would abort her, but because I was living in a foreign country with limited medical capabilities available, and if she would have problems, I wanted to be able to get medical treatment for her after she was born. I don’t know if I took the test with my little boy. Killing either of them was never an option to me.

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    • NickyLouse
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:15pm

      Like Airheado, we did not want the test because it would not have made a difference to us. Just because it is legal to kill a child doesn’t make it right.

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    • jblaze
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:24pm

      CHR1ST14N
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:55pm
      @VENNOYE

      Further to your Greek translation, if you go to A Concordance you will find that that these verses actually refer to this meaning:

      figuratively, an immature Christian

      Jesus was saying if we are unable to humble our selves as a child, we are unable to be teachable in the things of God and therefore unable to enter into His Kingdom for lack of Godly knowledge.

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    • Tex Expatriate
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:57pm

      I was a professional mental health worker for many years (as a psychotherapy doctor) and I have to say that Downs’ Syndrome and other varieties of mentally retarded persons are almost always loving. Those persons who are violent and unloving are almost insignificant in their numbers, and almost all of them owe their behaviors to unloving, punishing parents and family. I am sure that these people are predisposed by by God (Brahman) to be loving and devoted, and that they exhibit God Immanent (Atman) in the way we all should.

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    • Dark Horse
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 6:27pm

      @ platitude

      So the finite can understand the infinite? God chose the foolish things of the world to shame the wise; God chose the weak things of the world to shame the strong.

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    • Bakko Bomma
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 7:57pm

      VENNOYE there’s no such thing as ta children the author of the book you read pulled that out of his own imagination. Typical New Testament anti-Jewish vilification propaganda drivel. A whole lot of what is attributed to Jesus are really quotes from the Old Testament and Rabbis who lived centuries before he did. Which is to say that Jesus taught Talmudic Judaism where it’s a huge heinous sin to mistreat a person who is handicapped in any way, In fact they are revered as people who are born without evil inclination. You’ll also find that charities and programs in support of children with these disabilities are started and supported mainly by the Jewish community.

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    • Parf1
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:48pm

      I have followed this comment venue for a time now and have respect for many. I have worked with individuals with different abilities since 1980 in various capacities. The one common denominator that I have noticed is that these individuals are aware of the stigmatization attached to the affliction from which they suffer and only want to be viewed as the rest of us are. Simply because they may take a little longer to learn does not make them any less of a person that anyone else. They are deserving of the same considerations as the rest of us. I had not realized that the percentage of these lives taken was so profound. People must be presented with the fact that we are more alike than we are different. And all deserve a shot at freedom, accountability, and success which we can achieve in our own right with the talents provided by God with the least interference by a centralized government.

      My best to all,

      Parf

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    • donsingleton
      Posted on October 30, 2011 at 9:43am

      Platitude, you question why God would create such a child. As the article indicates, Downs children are filled with love, and God is also filled with love. Maybe we are the deformed ones, with one too few chromosomes. But if we do the best we can to love these children created in His image, I am sure He will love us too.

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    • 4truth2all
      Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:35pm

      Yo platitude:
      As a person that believes the bible from the first to the last word, there is NO science if there is NO God. Science if done HONESTLY never speaks to the opposite. (I am not science dumb.)

      I asked God this very question one time; I prayed… God, why do you allow these things? He many,many years ago spoke from His Spirit to my heart, and told the very same thing that “ANGELCAT” saw and learned in her personal experience, as she stated in her post. When we look and SEE this kind of “flaw”; what WE think shows us ourselves, and OUR imperfections. God in His infinite wisdom uses imperfections to perfect. YOU however, take this opportunity to accuse God of mean spirited. Thus God shows you, you AND THE VERY REASON WHY YOU NEED HIS MERCY. Your aim is off !!! Look in the mirror and you will find the same thing as me…. a person in need of help… don’t be so full of pride as to not ask for it.

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  • RodT82721
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:18am

    You can call it ‘a choice’, but IMHO taking a life, any life, is murder.

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    • ron_65
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 3:39pm

      Agrred, and if science’s answer to down syndrome is murder, I’ll side with God, thank you.

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    • NickyLouse
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:18pm

      God will not only take into account every command we’ve broken, but also every careless word. He takes sin serious. Don‘t think you’ve got an “out” because you have lived a decent life. Without trusting in the atoning sacrifice of Jesus you cannot stand up to God’s judgment.

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    • rose-ellen
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 5:40pm

      Of course Down syndrome people have as much a right to their life as anyone else-and i oppose legalized abortion [murder]. But there is no need to place Down syndrome people [or any handicapped people] on a pedastal or on par with the angels. They are entitled to be full human beings-they don’t have to be “loving” or kind or anything else to justify their existence. They like all living people have complexities ;they’re not here to give meaning to YOUR life and mawkiwish sentimentality regarding them denies them their full dignity.

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  • jakartaman
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:18am

    100 years from now people will be asking why did our ancestors kill millions of babies just for the mothers convenience?
    God does not made mistakes only humans

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    • Cgeezy
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:53pm

      @Jakartaman

      Didnt god readily admit that murdering all those people in the flood was a mistake and promised not to do it again?

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    • nomorpc4me
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:34pm

      CGEEZY, You are wrong. God did not admit he was wrong for killing humans in the flood, he just accepted man’s evil and promised not to kill every living thing againn. In Genesis 8: 21, it states: And the Lord smelled a soothing aroma. Then the Lord said in His heart, “I will never again ”curse the ground for man’s sake, although the imagination of man’s heart is evil from his youth; nor will I again destroy every living thing as I have done.

      God has left us all to our own devices and our free wills. This has led to the destruction of the most innocent souls: our babies.

      Idi Amin—estimated to be responsible for the deaths of 300,000 to 500,000 people
      Saddam Hussein—estimated to be responsible for the deaths of 300,000 to 500,000 people
      Pol Pot—estimated to be responsible for the deaths of 2,000,000 people
      Hitler—estimated to be responsible for the deaths of 12,000,000 people
      Stalin—estimated to be responsible for the deaths of 2,500,000 to 28,000,000 people…

      The U.S. abortion industry—estimated to be responsible for the deaths of 50,000,000 plus babies.

      Our society leans on the understanding of real monsters!

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    • Lamarr01
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 4:56pm

      A “mother” who takes the life of her fetus should be sterilized.

      At the time of the fall of the Soviet Union, a woman was likely to have 19 abortions in her reproductive life. There was no money for another child, the state didn’t prioritize inexpensive birth control and childbirth was a painful ordeal because of socialized medicine.

      Whether it’s against the Will of God, bad Karma, crime against nature or collective damnation; we all bear the shame and guilt of this human genocide.

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  • ColoradoMaverick
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:17am

    How cute!! They are a liberals worse nightmare you know. They would be the first to abort a DS child. Seeing Sara Palin raise her baby totally goes against their selfish Godless beliefs.

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    • Gamaliel
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:31am

      And do they ever HATE Sarah Palin for it!

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    • CatB
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:18pm

      He is a cutie .. God bless him and his family. And all the children who people “choose” to keep who others see as imperfect.

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  • Jennifer_D
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:16am

    What a precious little sweetheart! I totally agree with his sign too. :)

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  • obamie da commie
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:16am

    made my day. Stay strong.

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  • COFemale
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:15am

    A true testimony that every life is precious no matter the situation. My former in laws raised a baby born to a mother who took cocaine. The baby had brain damage and subject to seizures. Doctors said that Tammy would never learn and would basically be a vegetable all her life. Tammy learned colors, she learned numbers and she was taught to walk somewhat with a walker that my father-in-law built for Tammy. Last time I saw Tammy was when she was 25 years old. Unfortunately, she is living in a home as Tammy’s only known parents have passed away. She was a God send a joy to her parents.

    So because a fetus has 47 chromosomes and not the 46 deserves to be killed by the parents? If you so detest imperfections and don’t want the burden of caring for a less than perfect child (in your book), why have kids in the first place? Get your self fixed and never have kids because in my book if you are willing to abort for this reason, then you do not deserve nor should you raise any child.

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  • sapper
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:14am

    my little brother has a son who was born with part of his brain missing and the connections between the left and right are missing aslo. He has many problems but he is a wonderful little boy and we all love him very much. FYI: A fetal heartbeat can be detected at 22 days of gestation. That’s less than a month in the womb. The baby can feel pain, has a heartbeat and ending their time in the womb is nothing less than murder. Planned parenthood needs to be defunded and left to die……..or in other words, we should perform a post pregnancy abortion on them……………….

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    • loriann12
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 9:16am

      My Down Syndrome/autistic son has quite the sense of humor…it actually catches you off guard sometimes. The only way he “makes my life significant” as Ellen put it, is because he’s MY child. My other child makes my life significant in his own way, too. There is 9 years difference between my children, so I “know” my Down’s son better. And my younger son is a lot more like me, so we clash. My older son (now 21) can cook simple meals, has household chores (except like any child I can’t seem to get him to clean his room – same for the younger one at 12). We (before I got cancer) were going through a Big Book of Learning for 3rd Graders (his mental age) because he graduated high school 2 years ago and was losing some ground. He actually prints better than my younger son, and sometimes picks sections out of his Middle school US History book to write out and bring to me to read to him. He understands that some people want to abort, and it saddens him.

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    • angelonquest2000
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 7:57pm

      my son is autistic….he definately is Gods gift. to those who cant understand…they bring joy and a greater understanding of the ignorance of the world and those in it! They fill life with happiness joy and a new way of discovering life through their eyes. They accept others without hesitating. they love others without any conditions. it is a blessing…i know my son has been!

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  • benditlikebeck
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:11am

    Awww, how cute. An indoctrinated mentally handicapped child.

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    • bobbyjoe
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:15am

      are you talking about yourself BENT. maybe you are the one that should be subjected to “a late term abortion”

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    • ApokTheGreat
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:16am

      I say the same thing every time I:
      1- watch the Democratic National Convention
      2- Watch C-SPAN while a Democratic politician is speaking
      3- See OWS protestors
      4- Talk to liberals
      5- See Obama on TV
      6- Read your posts

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    • ApokTheGreat
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:19am

      [pats benditlikebeck on the head, gives him a lollipop and tells him to go play in traffic during rush hour]

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    • drphil69
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:19am

      Yes, it would be much better if this child were murdered by his mother before he was born… right?

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    • Zoe
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:22am

      Void

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    • Unix
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:25am

      You are not reall funny young person, as you age and live your life, maybe have kids of your own, maybe then your black heart will be healed? I was waiting for a troll such as yourself to come into this thread and trash the goodness of this little child. You should be ashamed of yourself, this child cannot help who and what he is, all you see is black, I will say a prayer for your lost soul.

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    • micahthesewell
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:30am

      Wow. You should figure out what to do with your life. You must be miserable.

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    • Zoe
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:35am

      But, there are so many who warrant our prayers….. I’m sure your happy to know I probably will make it to you. But it’s funny, for those who believe, God may lay it on our heart to bump up your name. Other wise, I don’t think “fear not” is going to have much traction for you……

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    • Gamaliel
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:35am

      To the soulless ghoul BENDITLIKEBECK: The child isn’t happy due to “indoctrination”. You on the other hand are very unhappy due to indoctrination.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:43am

      Frankly, I think the only person here that is mentally challenged is you, BenditlikeBeck

      The kid is probably much more loving and smarter than you any day of the week.

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    • STS2_SS_Iver
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:51am

      Your spot in hell is ready and waiting, why don’t you go “occupy” it.

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    • angelcat
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:08pm

      You are truly a pathetic individual who needs our prayers, even though you probably don’t want them.

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    • Oldvet46
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:12pm

      OK so no one else will say it but I have no problem…
      BENDITLIKEBECK…….
      May you burn and suffer in HELL for all ETERNITY!!!

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    • tankyjo
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 1:34pm

      BUFFOON ! Hang out with some downs kids and learn what a joy and treasure they are!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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    • hwyllie
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 2:15pm

      i to am disgusted by what this man ‘benditlikebeck’ has said, rebuking someone is one thing.. telling them you hope they burn in hell is another. do any of us remember what Paul was doing before the Lord changed his heart , even changed his name as it was Saul? please remember, we are not the same as the liberals occupying our streets and destroying our constitution. i’m no better then any of you , but remember your first love and His law. this person can only be saved by God, not condemnation. you would do better ignoring him/her.

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    • dukestreet
      Posted on October 30, 2011 at 1:13am

      And all the “normal kids I see carrying signs covered with hatred are so much better off? At least his sign is about himself and a positive one. He’s also enjoying himself and should have his picture taken for no more reason than that.

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    • Belovedsword
      Posted on October 30, 2011 at 10:34am

      Do you not see your own “indoctrination” in your statement…nd clumsy attempt at sarcasm. More telling is the underlying implication that your hatred for his parents’ decision is a better, preferred or more highly valued way to approach life than the parents’ choice to see every life as sacred and that theimperfections we all carry is not a cause for condemnation. What is the endgame for your life philosophy?
      I see that some have responded to your immaturity with fear and anger, and some with lovingkindness…which is your preferred value? It is your choice (on what to value more highly), but darkness only begets darkness, and darkness can never extinguish light. In other words, such a dark view of life’s worth (which necessarily includes your own) can only lead to suffering.
      I pray that the Lord of Love and Redemption flood your heart with unparalleled love, overflowing waters of forgiveness and peace saturate your life, so that you may know the joy of living in grace and light.
      ….as for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.

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  • Zcat
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:11am

    How precious!

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  • Snowleopard {gallery of cat folks}
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:10am

    Lovable 10%!!!
    Cheers to them and to their mothers who valued life over murder.

    Faith, Hope, Love…
    And the greatest is Love…

    I am Tea…
    I am 53′..
    I am me
    I am American!!!

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    • Nobel Reggie
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 8:06pm

      Ditto me on your list there, Snow.
      I appreciate your positive posts and look for them.

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    • Susie40
      Posted on October 29, 2011 at 7:13pm

      My daughter had twins, one died at birth, the second (after they gave up on her) gasped for air and began her lifelong fight.

      This precious child (with disabilities) was the most loving, ready to laugh, cheerful little sweetie that I have ever had the blessing to know.

      Would that we could all….become as little children, ready to laugh, love and be cheerful for example…

      She lived 12 1/2 years and brought much joy and taught us all about true, un-interfered with love. She never held a grudge, she believed all who knew her loved her and it was true.
      Would that we could all love Jesus without holding grudges, accepting problems and still be able to give love and joy to others.

      God always has a reason. Maybe we don’t know what it is, but hang in there, you will learn.
      Don’t murder these gifts of God.

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  • self-reliant man
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:09am

    As a man, this wells up tears in my eyes. God truly is great.

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  • CS_GUY
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:09am

    God has tremendous plans for this young man! Congratulations to his mom and dad for trusting in God’s divinity instead of public opinion…….

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  • SpankDaMonkey
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:08am

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    Best Story in a long while……

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  • Unix
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:05am

    God Bless you little one! You are the light of my day today!

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  • momrules
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:03am

    I have been privaledged to know several children with Downs Syndrome and they were some of the happiest, most loving children in world. Blessed children, filled with love.

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    • @leftfighter
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:15am

      Children? I’ve met people with Down Syndrome who *still* are, well into adulthood.

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  • missy8s
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:03am

    Legal genocide.

    It is absolutely disgusting that anyone would willfully murder a beautiful little child like the one pictured above out of selfish economic convenience…

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  • rpa1121
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:02am

    Amen

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  • Mommy_of_3
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:01am

    What a precious picture! There is a great deal of happiness in that sweet boy’s eyes.

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  • bobbyjoe
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:01am

    My daughter deals with Cerebral Palsey and will require attention all her life. She brings great joy into our life and she is a happy person with lots to offer. We don’t ever think of her as a burden but a gift from God.I wouldn’t change a thing about her and IS a perfect person in all respects. We learn so much from all people how could we “eliminate” any from this world.

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    • Unix
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:22am

      You are blessed and will reap great rewards in heaven.

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    • bobbyjoe
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:31am

      Ok. we should eliminate some adults from this world but never a child… especially unborn ones

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  • NEAF
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:00am

    Congress has a worse type of syndrome, socialism, stealing, and spending.

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  • V-MAN MACE
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:00am

    Don’t care about this right now.

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    • COFemale
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:16am

      So what do you care about V-Man beside yourself?

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    • randy
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:21am

      You cared enough to make an idiotic comment and will probably care enough to come back to see if anyone replied to your idiotic comment.

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    • Unix
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 11:44am

      V-woman lace – have you “shot” any cops (er NAZI’s as you call them) recently? Love ya man…but you’re wrong about the police if you generalize them. there are good and bad cops, just like there are good and bad people…I hope you come around to see them differently one day. If you obey the law one should have little trouble with the police, that is the bottom line isn’t it? God asked me to talk to you, and since you didn’t care about this story, we can discuss your hatred of the police.

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    • V-MAN MACE
      Posted on October 28, 2011 at 12:50pm

      I’m disturbed by this video that Alex Jones aired showing the little kids faces blown off and broken by NATO bombs in Libya.

      Abortion of down syndrome kids is somewhat secondary to little kids being blown to smithereens and screaming with their lower mandible missing. I suppose I‘m just nonplussed by something like this when little kids’ faces are getting blown off.

      Don’t get me wrong, I do care about this issue, just not right now at this second. We can talk about fluoride in the water if you want… it leads to this issue…

      Unix

      What are you blabbering about? Do you have to bring up my opinion of the police every chance you get? Are you that obsessed with my opinions…

      I don’t, won’t, and couldn‘t possibly buy into your ridiculous assertion that people who get abused by police must’ve done something to deserve it, and the ridiculous notion that as long as you abide by the law the police will not harrass you, abuse you, etc. It simply isn’t true.

      Try again.

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  • Mommy_of_3
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:58am

    What a precious picture! Mr Boaz has an awesome smile!

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  • Smokey_Bojangles
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:58am

    That is just too sweet.Can’t believe as a Nation we can support killing babies,yet will gladly sacrifice jobs and livelihoods to save a stupid tree frog,worm,or bug or something.

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  • marvlus
    Posted on October 28, 2011 at 10:57am

    Marvleous!

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