Palin's Critics Bitter Over Own Abortions

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin continues to inadvertently make pro-choice arguments as she campaigns for a ban on abortion, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post. After revealing that she twice considered aborting son Trig, Palin said “I do understand what these women, what these girls go through in that thought process.” Of course, “if it were up to Palin,” Marcus writes, “women would have no thought process to go through.” More»

Sarah Palin's threat of a libel suit goes a bit awry

(NEWSER) - Back in the day, public figures were cautioned not to pick fights with people who bought ink by the barrel—namely, newspaper publishers. In the age of the blogger, it's more important to guard against fueling your antagonists with the 21st-century version of ink: attention. Paging Sarah Palin: "The Wasilla whack-job was an obsessive reader of this blog," crows Andrew Sullivan of the Atlantic . More»

In speech to right-to-life group, gov gets emotional over Trig

(NEWSER) - Amid complaints from the Alaska legislature that she's is spending more time cultivating her image than running her state, Sarah Palin gave a rousing speech before a right-to-life group in Indiana last night the Evansville Courier & Press reports. Speaking of her son Trig, whom she called "a miracle," Palin teared up. She then blasted President Obama for backing abortion rights and stem-cell research, the AP reports. More»

Guv nearly outed herself to daughters

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin kept her pregnancy with son Trig a secret from her girls until late in the game—but almost outed herself when one of her daughters found an ultrasound scan, People reports. This and other tidbits are revealed in Trailblazer, an unauthorized biography of the guv out tomorrow:

• Palin didn't tell her children that Trig had been diagnosed with Down syndrome until the day of his birth.
• Part of the reason why Palin kept mum on the pregnancy? "Not knowing in my own heart if I was going to be ready to embrace a child with special needs—I couldn't talk about it."

Writer makes 'humorous dig' at liberal media for relentless Palin attacks

(NEWSER) - Political analyst Michael Barone was booed by a crowd of academics after saying the media hated Sarah Palin for not aborting Trig, Politico reports."The liberal media attacked Sarah Palin because she did not abort her Down syndrome baby," the US News & World Report writer said, prompting some audience members to walk out. "They wanted her to kill that child." More»