Sarah Palin - Governor turned Grandmother
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A couple of days ago, Republican Presidential nominee John McCain surprised the public with his choice of running mate, Sarah Palin. Today Palin revealed a surprise of her own. Yes, the Governer of Alaska’s 17-year old daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant.
Now, you can think what you will about teen pregnancy but what intrigues me is the effect this will have on the campaign. Teen pregnancy, of course, happens all the time. In fact, in Australia about 20 teenage girls in 1000 have babies and a further 24 have terminations, in other words 44 girls in 1000 fall pregnant as a teenager. In the United States, this figure is 84.
So while it’s not so weird about Bristol Palin’s situation, there are certainly some weird aspects to this whole thing. Take, for example, the fact that Governor Palin herself just gave birth four months ago. Some people have even suggested that the baby Trig is not in fact Sarah’s but Bristol’s…
Also incredibly ironic and a little horrifying for me is the gun-toting church-going Governor’s stance on sex. Palin has a strong anti-abortion position as well as being opposed to contraceptives being available in schools and sex education in the classroom.
And get this, she is instead an advocate of abstinence among teenagers… in other words, she is unbelievably ignorant and will now pay the price.
And who knew Barack Obama was the son of a teenage mother as well…
This will be a very interesting election.
