Abstinence-only Education At Work: Palin’s underage teenage daughter is pregnant.
September 1st, 2008 . by Ed RicciottiWhile perusing the tubes of the Internets, I came across this article on the Politico site. It seems that Palin’s 17 year old daughter Bristol is 5 months pregnant. Barack Obama has said to the media to lay off “these kinds of stories” Sorry Senator, the mother of this child is going to be a heartbeat away from the presidency and has been propped up as the epitome of the conservative woman. The right-wing has been fighting sex education in school and has implied that when a teenage girl gets pregnant, it is somehow a moral failing of her upbringing or the product of “liberal policies”. The extreme right-wing agenda of keeping kids ignorant of birth control options has not decreased unwanted teen pregnancy. It is my job as a liberal blogger to point out the constant hypocrisy of the Republican right-wing and to make the public aware that their pandering to “family values” is just that…pandering
More and more, we are hearing the perverted exploits of Republicans nationally and here in Missouri. I think it is time for Americans to stop and think what are leaders are doing, not what they are saying.
Edit: the term “underage” refers to her being under 18. The age of consent in Alaska is 16
September 2nd, 2008 at 1:36 am
I think it is a pretty marginal issue at best. But given how it is taking up a lot of oxygen in what should be the RNC’s convention newscycle… one wonders what McCain was thinking picking Palin. (Granted, I was thinking that before.)
Though maybe it wouldn’t have been such big news if the media had a convention to actually cover.
I wonder if Wasilla has abstinence-only education or not… though it doesn’t really matter, she was likely getting the abstinence-only message at home so the point still holds. http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1320417.aspx
But it would be a better story if Wasilla had abstinence-only.