Posted on 09/02/2008 12:06:59 PM PDT by crosslink
WASHINGTON Republican John McCain, whose running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teen mothers to stay in school or lose their benefits.
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's announcement Monday about her daughter Bristol was aimed at rebutting Internet rumors that Palin's youngest son, born in April, was actually her daughter's. Palin said her daughter intends to raise her child and marry the baby's father, identified in news reports as Levi Johnston, 18, of Wasilla, a high school hockey player whom Bristol has dated for about one year. The baby is due in late December.
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Poll is right of this article.
http://www.mlive.com/elections/index.ssf/2008/09/pregnancy_puts_sexeducation_po.html
Imagine that. Hating unwed mothers so much she demanded they stay in school and complete their education.
Voted!
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Thanks for voting all
Good. Every day in every way, John McCain is looking better and better.
From the idiocy we see called journalism these days, it makes me almost wish Sarah had stayed out of politics, taken advantage of her journalism degree and cleaned up that mess.
I agree, everyone fell free to comment, on the mlive site below the article, if you have time to counter the three liberal mental giants comments.
66% FReeped
Not teaching abstinence because girls still get pregnant is like arguing that traffic laws should be repealed because drivers still have collisions.
LOL you should post that on mlive below the article, I can see the liberals eyes popping out as they read it.
73% bump
Great work
Shouldn’t birth control for children be a private family matter? The government should stay out of children’s bedrooms.
I agree 100%.
Thank you. I looked at the poll and felt it just wasn’t complete. It needed “Do you believe there should be no sex ed classes in public schools?” Leave the bananas in the lunch room.
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