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Unwed Teen Pregnancy No Joke

by Linda Chavez

Bristol Palin is back in the news. The Alaska governor's daughter became the most famous unwed pregnant teenager in America last summer when her mother was nominated to be the GOP's vice presidential candidate. Since then, Bristol has given birth to a boy in December and the engagement to the baby's father has ended. This week she took center stage again for promoting abstinence among teenagers as part of Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day — but she's been greeted with howls of derision from ...

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Posted by: Pericles
Comment: #1
Fri May 8, 2009 6:02 AM

Bristol Palin gave Republicans a chance to cheer for unwed motherhood at the Republican convention. Thanks to Palin Republicans have been able to express their admiration for those who choose to have children out of wedlock. Abstinence only education doesn't work. It would be nice if it did. Pretending that absinence only education works is going to make the problem of unwed motherhood worse........Or if one is Republican it makes things "better".

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