Comments on: Sarah Palin’s 17-year-old Daughter is Pregnant

By: What Do You Do if You Are a Cabinet Minister and Have a Baby? | Baby | Babies Online The Blog

Tue, 06 Jan 2009 19:37:50 +0000

[...] 2009, more women than ever hold positions of power in governments around the world. We almost had a mom-of-5 and grandmother of one for our vice president. But what do you think about women with such important jobs having babies? Should they not have [...]

By: Bristol Palinn gives birth to a son | Birth Announcement | Babies Online The Blog

Wed, 31 Dec 2008 18:03:30 +0000

[...] Bristol Palin’s pregnancy made headlines in a year full of news for many reasons, not the least of which was her age. In an era when it is sometimes easier to speak your convictions than it is to practice them, Sarah Palin reaffirmed her opposition to abortion in two ways when she not only knowingly bore a child with Down’s Syndrome (a decision lauded by some and criticized by others), but also gave her unconditional support to her unwed, pregnant teenage daughter. [...]

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Politics and Parenting | News | Babies Online The Blog — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:31:02 +0000

[...] Sarah Palin’s selection as a candidate for vice president created a flurry of activity in the media, mostly centered around her family and especially her skills as a mother in light of the unplanned teenage pregnancy of her daughter. [...]

By: Amybee

Amybee — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:09:52 +0000

This brings up a woman’s right to choose-Palin is anti-choice and would never allow her daughter to terminate an untimely, unwanted pregnancy. It’s one of the most heated debates out there and I see both sides…but ultimately think women’s reproductive issues should be left OUT of politics. They are personal, medical and VERY emotional. I feel badly for her daughter-her pregnancy should be private, as should every woman’s.

By: mb

mb — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 17:03:33 +0000

The personal is political. I don’t think people should use her daughter’s pregnancy to judge her character or parenting ability, but I do think it’s hypocritical if she continues to tout abstinence-only education when faced with a personal situation that illustrates that teenagers have sex and get pregnant. It is clear evidence that pushing ONLY the ‘abstinence only’ message, to the exclusion of messages about contraception, does not work. This should be as clear to Sarah Palin now as it is to most everybody else who has been around or talked to teenagers. Bristol will probably do fine because she has a supportive family with the financial means to help her, but many young mothers don’t have support and don’t do fine. They are more likely to have postpartum depression, abuse their children (primarily out of ignorance), have low birthweight babies, and the list goes on. Ms. Palin needs to take her daughter’s pregnancy as a wake up call. Comprehensive sex ed is best.

By: Holly Tried It

Holly Tried It — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 10:50:59 +0000

I don’t think her daughter’s pregnancy is very important to the race. Most people are very aware that teenager’s don’t always follow their parent’s rules. I grew up in an environment that was very pro-abstinence. Yet, some of my friends chose to experiment before marriage. I don’t say it was the parents’ fault–often there were experimenters and non-experimenters in the same family.

Holly Tried Its last blog post..Why Couples Need Couple-Friends

By: melissa h

melissa h — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 22:04:19 +0000

I think that Bristol Palin’s pregnancy is a FAMILY affair! As to some of the speculation that I have heard regarding how this effects the view of Sarah Palin’s family values, I feel that the true test of family values isn’t whether the girl gets pregnant, but how the family deals with it. Anyone who has been 17 knows that there is a lot of pressure to have sex. I would say that while it isn’t ideal for her young daughter to start out her adult life as a mommy immediately, if she has supportive parents it will be easier.

By: ScootiesMommy

ScootiesMommy — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 19:37:16 +0000

It really is a shame that when Brittney Spears sister got pregnant it was “awhhh, she is pregnant and going to get married…yeah another Spears baby.” But now that it is a possible VP’s child pregnant it is all “scandal and shame.” I do believe that it is better to have children after marriage not before, but you know, I would not be here if my Mother felt the same way.
I personally feel it is a personal matter for that family. I honestly can not give you one single person or family who is perfect.