Posted by
Brett on Tuesday, September 02, 2008 2:03:34 AM
I keep hearing from people about how this story somehow proves that
abstinence only education is to blame for teenage girls getting
pregnant. If anything, this girl's pregnancy proves that abstinence
does work and if she would have abstained from having sex, she would
not be pregnant. Abstinence is 100% guaranteed to keep young girls
from getting pregnant and STD free.
The problem is not abstinence only education, but that this young girl did not follow the tenants of that education.
With
that said, nobody that supports abstinence education believes that
simply by teaching abstinence only, kids will abstain. Teenagers are
going to have sex, that is a fact. They will be more likely to have
sex though if you teach them that there are alternative ways to avoid
getting pregnant and make those ways readily available. Pregnancy is
not the only consequence to sex at a young age before wedlock. There
are emotional and other physical consequences to a pre-marital
sexually active lifestyle that can be long term, especially when you
decided to get married and have had many sexual partners.
In
this specific case, this young 17 year old girl made poor decisions and
got pregnant. That happens regardless of what the parents teach or
believe in. The real story is what everyone involved does in
response. Barack Obama
said that if this happened to his daughter, he would not want her to be
"punished" with a baby obviously meaning he would encourage her to
abort the baby thus killing an innocent and voiceless human life.
Sarah and Bristol Palin have demonstrated accountability and integrity in how they are dealing with this. Sarah Palin
did not try to hide it. She did not wait until the Enquirer found out
and posted headlines. She told John McCain before hand. She responded
by saying she would love and support her daughter and this unborn
child. Bristol has taken responsibility. She has the legal option to
get out of this situation by aborting the baby. The Left, especially Barack Obama,
would encourage and fight for her right to do this but she is opting to
keep this baby. She is also going to marry the father in order to
provide this child with the best possible chance to have a normal
lifestyle. She and the father are going to have to grow up fast and it
will be hard. Their marriage may not last but they are going to give
it a chance. They have just as much of a chance to have a long, loving
marriage as anyone else if they are willing to work at it.
If
anything, this story is a testament to the love and family values of
the Right and a testament of the hypocrisy of the Left and the hatred
that is in their hearts. Their instinct is to attack this family and
say some of the most repulsive and nasty things about them. Family
values and pro-life do not mean Conservatives and Christians are, or
think they are perfect. Everyone is a sinner and falls short of the
glory of God. Supporting family values and being pro-life is
demonstrated in how Conservatives react to the consequences of sin.
We have heard how Barack Obama would deal with the "punishment" of a baby. Now we get to see how the Palin's
deal with it for a second time. We already got a first glimpse of how
they dealt with the news of a child diagnosed with Downs Syndrome.
In the game of family values and sanctity of life.
Obama-0
Palin-2