Bristol Palin says abstinence best path for teens

AP ^ | 2009-05-06

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NEW YORK (AP) — Unwed mother Bristol Palin said Wednesday that abstinence is a realistic way for teens to avoid unwanted pregnancy — a view not shared by the father of her infant son.

Palin, the 19-year old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, told ABC's "Good Morning America" that she wishes she'd waited to have sex.

Bristol Palin was in New York Wednesday to help promote National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day.

In the interview, Palin said abstinence is the safest and best choice for teens.

"Regardless of what I did personally, I just think that abstinence is the only way you can effectively, 100 percent foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy," she said.

Palin's comments are a turnaround from what she told Fox News in February, that teens should avoid sex, but abstinence is "not realistic at all."

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[mbraynard]

ORLY?

"abstinance is not realistic at all."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eixcsj7FI6I

Maybe Bristol and Megan McCain can remember that they are to public policy as Paris Hilton is to Hotel Management.

[TBP]

Bristol is right and would have been better off to follow her own advice.

[stefanbatory]

Ahhh...experience can be a difficult tutor...

[Tennessee Nana]

Unwed mother Bristol Palin said Wednesday that abstinence is a realistic way for teens to avoid unwanted pregnancy — a view not shared by the father of her infant son.
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I wonder is the stud talked her into sex...

[Mr. K]

having a baby makes you grow up fast (for moms)

What she should say is “Look at the dirtbag I am stuck with for the rest of my life attached through our child”

[muawiyah]

But not for Leftwingtards and Moslems. When they first perceive "hypocrisy" they think it's OK to kill their target.

Best the Governor get that girl a bodyguard real quick. It's all over the Cable Snooze Works today ~ the Leftwingtards are screaming and screeching about it.

In fact, I just watched two ol'gals on CNN News who more or less said "abstinence won't work because everybody knows the stork brings babies" ~ gad.

[Diogenesis]

Good for her.

[Non-Sequitur]

Palin's comments are a turnaround from what she told Fox News in February, that teens should avoid sex, but abstinence is "not realistic at all."

That's because the bills for this tour are being paid by an abstinence only organization. You say what they expect you to say.

[HungarianGypsy]

There are some people on these threads who will still say that she should marry him just because of the baby. Talk about a lifetime prison sentence. If he is speaking of her this way now, what would he treat her like in private?

[9YearLurker]

Ha!

[Antoninus]

You say what they expect you to say.

So you think she's just shilling for dollars and doesn't really believe this?

[gathersnomoss]

...”she wishes she’d waited to have sex”...

But know that she has started.....just sayin’

[Riodacat]

That's because the bills for this tour are being paid by an abstinence only organization. You say what they expect you to say.

In that case, she'll also make a good politician, like her mom.

[Antoninus]

having a baby makes you grow up fast (for moms)

That is very true. When I was in college, I worked with an unwed mother at a local drugstore. I always thought she was 5-7 years older than me. I was stunned when I found out she was *my age*. I was still a kid. She was an adult.

[indi_girl447]

She’s hot then she’s cold...she’s yes than she’s no...

Make up your mind Bristol

Better yet, stay out of the public eye - that’s a better idea

[Non-Sequitur]

I wonder is the stud talked her into sex...

And in the immortal words of another former first lady, she should have just said, "No."

[CASchack]

“Unwed mother..”

How many years has it been since the AP used this term? She is not news. This yet another back-door slam on her mother.

[Tennessee Nana]

Ya ever been a 16-17 year old girl ???

[Tublecane]

“abstinance is not realistic at all.”

Here’s what really gets me about libs. Who the hell cares if it’s not realistic? That’s not the point. Who says we have to be realistic? Some acts, like sex, have bad (or unfortunate, you could say) consequences. Being realistic—teaching sex-ed, handing out condoms, making available the morning-after-pill, offering abortions on demand— hasn’t seemed to work according to the statistics. Then again, correlation isn’t causation.

The point is, there are two major strategies for forestalling the ill-effects of sex. One is to level with kids, rap with ‘em, get inside their heads, and otherwise persuade them to use good judgement. The other is to use moral force, to define teen sex deviant behavior and shame kids into protecting themselves. Doesn’t matter at all that the latter is “unrealistic”. It’s unrealistic to think we can stop robbery and murder, yet hardly anyone (maybe William Ayers) says we should define murder down. Different strategies, that’s all.