Bristol Palin Says Teen Abstinence is Unrealistic

by Elizabeth Fairview  |  February 17th, 2009
Bristol Palin
Bristol Palin is becoming an advocate against teen pregnancy. (AP Images)

Bristol Palin has become vocal on the subject of teen pregnancy. Bristol sat down with FOX News last night and bluntly told Greta Van Susteren that sexual abstinence amongst teens is totally unrealistic. The daughter of Republican Governor Sarah Palin added that every woman should have the right to choose. Oh snap!

Unwed teen mother Bristol told the surprised Fox reporter that the abstinence her mom preaches is "not realistic at all," but she did add that it isn't smart to get knocked up.

"Everyone should wait 10 years," Palin said. "I hope people learn from my story. It's so much easier if you're married, have a house and career. It's not a situation you want to strive for."

She denied that her mother's anti-abortion views were the reason she went ahead with the pregnancy.
"It was my choice to have the baby," she said. "It doesn't matter what my mom's views are on it. It was my decision.

Eventually we'd like to get married," the young mother said. "We're focusing on getting through school though, getting a career going."

Van Susteren asked Palin, "If you and I were talking a year ago and I said, what do you think is going to happen in your life, what do you think you would have told me?"

Bristol Palin answered, "I honestly have no idea because I never would have thought I would have become a mom. And I never would have thought my mom was going to be chosen for vice president."

 

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