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Bristol Palin is Currently Pregnant

filed under 2008 election, abstinence-only education, politics

Bristol Palin pregnant It was released today that Bristol Palin is currently 5 months pregnant.

A statement from Palin released from the McCain camp:

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.”

“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”

I guess we know why Bristol hasn’t been attending Palin’s speeches lately and has been “taking care of Trig,” huh? Do I think this story broke just as the media coverage of Palin allegedly covering up her daughter’s pregnancy? Yes; hell, Reuters even made it their headline. Do I think there are any facts to claim that the aforementioned is true or believe it 100% when I posted it? Nope and I even said so; but I’m still skeptical, I’m alway skeptical when it comes to politics and more so when it comes to politicians. With that in mind, I will refrain from the 50 different talking points and headlines that shot through my head as soon as I heard this story and speak about something else that is a hell of a lot more important than what I think.

For the 17 year old daughter of a staunch, conservative, anti-woman, anti-choice politician to become pregnant goes to show the American voters that not only does abstinence-only education not work, it is dangerous. We have seen “alternatives” to safe sex teens have come up with in the past and that was scary enough, thanks.

While you can preach all you’d like to a teenager, inevitably, they are going to do what they choose to do and if they choose to become sexually active then you have to be confident, as a parent, that you raised them with enough resources to take care of themselves when it comes to keeping themselves healthy. You can say “I do not condone you having sex before you are married” but at the end of the day, you can disapprove of it all you want, that teenager is going to do what they wish and the questions left are–Did they use a condom, is she on birth control, do they know about sexually transmitted diseases and infections? If you do not ask yourself these questions, as a parent who is obligated to ready your child for adulthood, then along with a pregnancy test coming out positive, an HIV test could also come out positive and that is what we have to think about now. With every teenager who chooses to become sexually active, they must have the facts because while we hear about pregnancies and families supporting a young girl with child, it doesn’t always come out that pretty.

My heart goes out to Bristol, a 17 year old child who will be wed to her child’s father…as soon as she’s old enough.

Obama has also released a statement today in response to Bristol’s pregnancy:

“Let me be as clear as possible: I have said before and I will repeat again, I think people’s families are off limits,” Obama said, “and people’s children are especially off limits.

“This shouldn’t be part of our politics,” he continued, “It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as governor, or her potential performance as a vice president.

“And so I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories,” he said. “You know my mother had me when she was 18, and how a family deals with issues and, you know, teenage children, that shouldn’t be the topic of our politics and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off limits.”

Good on him for doing the right thing this time.

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