Sometimes it even bites us in the ass. Just ask Sarah Palin.
Mrs. Palin, a supporter of abstinence-only education, has just announced that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, is 5 months pregnant. Considering that proponents of abstinence-only education say that it is superior to safer-sex education because it teaches the morality of waiting until marriage to have sex and encourages teenagers to have sex, should we just consider Bristol to be an anomaly? Or is she a victim of a program that has been shown to be ineffective and is being pushed by those more interested in pushing religion rather than trying to protect and educate our children?
In the statement released by Mrs. Palin's campaign, she said, "We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents." They are proud of her decision? Why does the minor, Bristol, even get to make a decision when no other woman in the United States would get to make a decision about their unplanned pregnancy if anti-choice Sarah Palin got her way? Why does Palin's daughter get a choice when the rest of us won't? What makes her so special?
Hey, Sarah, how does it feel when the shoe's on the other foot? Not quite so easy to walk the walk, is it?
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Wow. What a hateful blog. Guess that's why it's here, where you can be all the hateful (and misinformed) you want to be! Carry on. ;)
I disagree with the previous comment. Care to elaborate as to why she's misinformed? This goes to show you that there's a problem with teaching just abstinence. There are more issues to be concerned with when having sex other than pregnancy. What if the daughter decided to not be abstinent with a person effected with HIV. Perhaps Ms. Palin needs to be at home more supervising and raising her children.
Dear Anonymous #1,
Eh, "hateful"? I guess that is a subjective criticism, so if you think I'm being hateful, ok. I mean I would say I'm more disdainful and irreverant, even bordering on disrespectful at times, but you're entitled to your opinion and choice of word there. But misinformed? Honey, if you're going to try and label me ignorant, you'd best come armed with some facts to back you up, m'kay? Thanks for playing!
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