Bristol Palin

The 17 year old daughter of Republican Vicequalified to get a good paying job, their career
Presidential candidate is pregnant. The announcementchoices are severely limited, and the chance of the
was made Monday to knock down rumors by liberalsfather sticking around, or the marriage surviving is
that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up forextremely small.
her daughter.The Palins have plenty of money to help with the
The young couple, her and her fiancee, have madesituation, most people don't, that should be
the decision to keep the child. Although this comes atemphasized, it places an extreme burden on the
a time in their life when it will be extremely hard forfamily, children need to be taught restraint and the
them and their family. To not only to care for andvalue of subduing our passions. This is an extremely
raise the child, saying nothing for the difficulties it willhard way to learn a lesson.
pose for Sarah in her bid for the vice presidency,No one is perfect, everyone does things that are not
none of them feel as though they are "beingconducive to a "perfect" life. That doesn't mean we
punished" with a baby.should stop trying or just succumb to our
It would have been a lot easier to go running off andtemptations, or try to sweep our mistakes under the
get an abortion,(the acceptable way to deal with ancarpet.
unplanned pregnancy today,) or put the baby up forThe Palins are in an extremely difficult situation, they
adoption. However these two options are no easyare dealing with it in their own way, they aren't
fix, a lot of women who have had abortions or haveblaming someone else or seeking an easy way out.
given children up for adoption , live with that decisionThankfully they have the financial resources to make
every day. Some times these choices can be an onlyit work out. I hope the hate monger bloggers realize
option, however they are no quick fix, or anthat these people are humans like the rest of us and
acceptable form of birth control, as portrayed by theneed our support in a time like this, not their narrow
media and left wing.minded judgments based on politics or self
I hope they make the point that having a child at 17righteousness.
leaves the mothers, (and fathers) in a very difficultThere is an old Indian proverb," Criticize no one until
position. When this happens the parents will have ayou walk a mile in their moccasins." This needs to be
very difficult time making ends meet, neither areconsidered at this time.