Bristol Palin has a Boy

After speaking to the politician’s aunt Colleen Jones, People magazine reported on its website that Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston was born in Palmer, Alaska, on Saturday. The baby’s weight was given as 7lb 7oz.
“The baby is fine and Bristol is doing well. Everyone is excited,” Jones told the magazine. Sarah Palin’s office declined to comment.
Having [...]

US evangelicals and teen sex

Many people may have wondered why conservatives were so unruffled when Sarah Palin announced the pregnancy of her teenager daughter, Bristol, in September. This summary of a New Yorker article provides some clues.
In replying to a question about why it appeared that conservatives, Republicans and right-wing groups seemed relatively unperturbed when Sarah Palin announced [...]

Teen pregnancy: no longer shameful, still a concern.

It may be that the intense media visibility awarded to Bristol Palin’s unintended pregnancy will bring about a shift in public attitudes towards teen’s sex education.
Sarah Palin’s extreme and fundamentalist views on sex education, rape, and recently, on bombing abortion clinics have given these issues prominence in the US presidential election campaign. A successful [...]

Devotion can be spelled P-R-E-V-E-N-T-I-O-N

Birth Pangs recently learned that Levi Johnston, who got Bristol Palin in a family way, attended the Republic National Convention with a new tattoo to flash. As proof of his devotion it is said that he had the name Bristol permanently inked on his left ring finger.
Unfortunately, the reality of Bristol’s pregnancy demonstrates that [...]