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Teenage pregnancies increased last year

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Conjoined twins to be seperated

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Teen gives birth to conjoined twins

A Shropshire teen has given birth to conjoined twin girls, named Faith and Hope. The... more

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Teenage boys believe using pressure and alcohol to get girls into bed is 'acceptable'

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Sexy TV can make you pregnant study says

Sexual content on television is strongly associated with teen pregnancy, a new study... more

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Study links teen pregnancy to sexy TV shows

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Sex-Laden TV Linked to Teen Pregnancies

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The lesson of Bristol Palin

Bristol Palin's pregnancy may be the ultimate teachable moment. It just might not be the lesson that John McCain intended.

My first thought on hearing the news was: What was Sarah Palin thinking? Assuming, as the campaign says, that she knew about her 17-year-old's pregnancy and informed McCain in advance, how could she expose her daughter to the inevitable spotlight that Palin's vice presidential nomination would bring?

The unwed mother -- or at least, the not-yet-wed mother -- has become a more common (this is bad) and less shameful (this is good) phenomenon in 21st-century America. It's the unusual celebrity (the Hollywood type, not the Obama type) who bothers to get hitched before getting pregnant. The baby bump has become a badge of honor, not a scarlet letter.

Yet no one feels good about a pregnant 17-year-old, whether it's Bristol Palin or Jamie Lynn Spears. As Sarah and Todd Palin put it with decided understatement yesterday, this will "make her grow up faster than we had ever planned."

And it will be that much more difficult in the media glare. "We ask the media to respect our daughter and (the father) Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates," the Palins said in their statement.

As a parent, I sympathize. But as a parent in the media, I also know that the Palins assumed this risk. Anyone who watched coverage of the Bush twins' barroom exploits knew that the avert-your-eyes stance toward candidates' children has its limits.

It's naive to imagine, in the anything-goes Internet era, that Palin's daughter's pregnancy would go unremarked upon. It's also mistaken, I think, to expect it. Like it or not, Bristol Palin's pregnancy is intertwined with an important public policy debate about which the two parties differ and on which Sarah Palin has been outspoken.

Which brings me to the teachable moment: What should teenagers be taught about sexual activity and contraception? By whom? What access should they have to condoms or other forms of birth control? Specifically, is abstinence-only education enough?

The 2008 Republican Party platform acknowledges that "each year, more than 3 million American teenagers contract sexually transmitted diseases, causing emotional harm and serious health consequences, even death." It expresses support for "efforts to educate teens and parents about the health risks associated with early sexual activity and provide the tools needed to help teens make healthy choices."

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McCain fought money on teen pregnancy programs

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Obama warns people to back away from attacks against Sarah Palin's family

In the short time since the announcement from Sarah Palin that her daughter is pregnant and will be marrying the father of her child, reactions have started to come out with Barack Obama, taking the high road and declaring "families are off limits."

The statement issued by Sarah Palin and her husband Todd, via the McCain website:
"We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.
"Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates."

Reactions are coming out fast and furiously from Evangelicals, supporters and even Barack Obama issued a harsh response.

Starting with Barack Obama's reaction when he was asked to comment on the news that Sarah Palin's 17 year-old daughter was pregnant, he said it was irrelevant to the political campaign and went on to admonish "I think peoples families are off limits and people's children are especially off limits, " as reported by CBS News.

He continued on to say that he would strongly urge people to "back off" further stating , "My mother had me when she was 18 years old,” Obama said, adding that families should deal with these issues privately. “That shouldn’t be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off limits.”

He continued on to assert that no one in his campaign is involved nor will be and he concluded by saying, "And if I ever thought that it was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they’d be fired.”

Other reactions coming out include evangelical leaders, who expressed excitement and immediately united behind the John McCain/Sarah Palin ticket within hours of McCain announcing Palin as his running mate as TIME noted last Friday when the announcement was made.

Dr. James C. Dobson of Focus on the Family issued a statement right after the news came out today, reported by ABC News: "In the 32-year history of Focus on the Family, we have offered prayer, counseling and resource assistance to tens of thousands of parents and children in the same situation the Palins are now facing. We have always encouraged the parents to love and support their children and always advised the girls to see their pregnancies through, even though there will of course be challenges along the way. That is what the Palins are doing, and they should be commended once again for not just talking about their pro-life and pro-family values, but living them out even in the midst of trying circumstances.

"Being a Christian does not mean you're perfect. Nor does it mean your children are perfect. But it does mean there is forgiveness and restoration when we confess our imperfections to the Lord. I've been the beneficiary of that forgiveness and restoration in my own life countless times, as I'm sure the Palins have.

"The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a 'hypocrite,' but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans." . . .

. . . The handling of this delicate situation will be a true indicator of the "tone" the next two months of political campaigning will go.
(Full article at link)
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The Juno Effect

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Suspect in pregnant teen death had baby obsession

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Newsflash: Teenage Pregnancy is Not Glamorous

I was standing in a bookstore yesterday and saw a young teenage girl beaming into the... more

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Kids Having Babies | American News Project

Teen pregnancy is on the rise in America for the first time since 1991. One in three... more

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Pregnancy Pact Phony?

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Teen Pregnancy Pact---B.S. ??

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Teen girls made pact to get pregnant

I am just waiting for Billy Graham to call on the US gov't to ban the movie Juno.

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Yet Another Example of Emotional Ingenuity

An article from CNN describes how teens in highschool in Massachusetts are getting... more

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Teen 'pregnancy pact' examined

A US city is investigating reports of a "teenage pregnancy pact" linked to... more

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Pregnancy Boom at Gloucester High - TIME

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