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The message being transmitted is that it is not OK to get pregnant at 17 and that the right thing to do, if it happens is not to kill the baby, but to marry the Father and keep the baby.

I am in total agreement of the Palin's "right message."

The Palin family did what MY family did when my 17-year old daughter was faced with an unwed pregnancy. She had the baby, got married, and is now the proud mom of three, with a great promising career, etc.

Unfortunately, many people will only focus on the daughter's pregnancy .... and will subconsciously worry that THEIR daughters will want to get pregnant because "if the VP's daughter did, so can I."

I am NOT trying to rain on Sarah Palin's parade at all!!!

I am just being realistic....

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Time for people to layoff you a little. What a disgusting front page headline (from your link). The “recently” refers to the time of disclosure, but they sure make it look the other way. This is one of the worst cases of intentional bias I have ever seen. It is easy to see why you would have thought that it was a recent DUI.

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many people will only focus on the daughter's pregnancy .... and will subconsciously worry that THEIR daughters will want to get pregnant

My daughter (who was 30-ish and had used birth control) got pregnant before her marriage, too.

Palin will get the very enthusiastic support of lots of grandmothers like me .. and grandfathers like my husband...And mothers like my daughter... and fathers like my son-in-law.