Politics | 05/06/2009 10:55 am
Bristol Palin on GMA: I Would Have Waited to Have Sex (Video)
Sarah Palin’s daughter appeared on ‘Good Morning America’ this morning.
ABC/YouTube
Bristol Palin’s crusade against teen sex took off in a big way on this morning’s "Good Morning America."
Palin, daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, had her first child last December, but told anchor Christopher Cuomo that she wishes she had waited: "I would have waited, waited to have sex." She’s happy, however, her experience can help others. "I think using this experience in my life to help others, I think it’s a blessing," she said. "I’m relatable, I am a teen myself. I’m saying that there’s one way to prevent it, and that’s not having sex."
Cuomo pointed out that Palin once said that abstinence is "unrealistic," but Palin insists her remark was misconstrued and insists she’s wholeheartedly for ending teen sex: "Regardless of what I did personally, I just think that abstinence is the only way you can effectively, 100% foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy."
Watch:
Read more about: Abstinence, Bristol Palin, Good Morning America, News, Politics, Sarah Palin, Teenage Pregnancy, Video
- Dear Margo: When You Think You've Heard Everything ... You Haven't
- Dear Margo: When Dad/Gramps Just Ain't Interested
- What's your viewpoint on a one-term presidency for Obama, no matter the reason?
- Could Mammograms Fall Victim to Obamacare? by Liz Peek
- Liz Smith: In a Concert Hall Far, Far Away
- Liz Smith: Sharon Stone, Steve Tyrell, Sarah (You Know Who), Glamour, Lesley Gore – and More!
- Queen Martha, by Cynthia McFadden
- Did You Ever See a Book Cry? by Sheila Nevins
- LIZ SMITH FLASH! The Kennedy Conspiracy and the Mafia
- Remember shopping pre-Internet? What era/memory in the evolution of shopping do you think of most fondly?
- Dear Margo: When Dad/Gramps Just Ain't Interested
- Did You Ever See a Book Cry? by Sheila Nevins
- LIZ SMITH FLASH! The Kennedy Conspiracy and the Mafia
- Dear Margo: When You Think You've Heard Everything ... You Haven't
- Liz Smith: Sharon Stone, Steve Tyrell, Sarah (You Know Who), Glamour, Lesley Gore – and More!
- Liz Smith: In a Concert Hall Far, Far Away
- Joan Ganz Cooney Still Shops the Way She Always Has
- Joan Ganz Cooney Looks at Unemployment, Not War
- Let Down and Felt Up? by E.D. Hill
- The World in Vogue (Photos)
- What's your viewpoint on a one-term presidency for Obama, no matter the reason?
- Could Mammograms Fall Victim to Obamacare? by Liz Peek
- Dear Margo: When You Think You've Heard Everything ... You Haven't
- Dear Margo: When Dad/Gramps Just Ain't Interested
- Did You Ever See a Book Cry? by Sheila Nevins
- Remember shopping pre-Internet? What era/memory in the evolution of shopping do you think of most fondly?
- LIZ SMITH FLASH! The Kennedy Conspiracy and the Mafia
- The Love Goddess: In Sickness and in Health ... But Hold the Sickness
- Queen Martha, by Cynthia McFadden
- Joan Ganz Cooney Looks at Unemployment, Not War
wOw Features
Reader Voices
The Palin Book, as Dear Margo Sees It
Caption This!
191 Reader Comments (so far…) Sign In or Register to comment
""Regardless of what I did personally, I just think that abstinence is the only way you can effectively, 100% foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy." …..YES!
facts are better than guessing.
the most recent statistics show teen pregnancy is on the rise, reversing a 14-year decline from 1991 to 2005.
for example: In Ohio, the teen pregnancy rate rose 3 percent in 2006 after declining 36 percent over the previous 14 years. The states with the highest increases were Alaska (19 percent), Mississippi (13 percent) and Montana (13 percent). Washington, D.C., saw the largest overall change in teen pregnancy rates with a 24 percent decline.
many experts have agreed that the reason for the reversal is the overall increase on federal programs that fund abstinence-only education for schools, censoring any talk of birth-control options.
you see, it’s true of Ohio and it’s true in Alaska, where there is no requirement that the subject even be taught! Unless the school wants to, there are no laws surrounding the subject of teaching comprehensive and safe sex information to our vulnerable and ignorant children.
Anchorage — the state’s largest school district — emphasizes abstinence, with a program called "Abstinence Plus." they have parenting classes, rather than teaching children how to avoid becoming a teen parent and throwing their lives away.
International comparisons show that the United States could do much better in improving teen pregnancy and birth rates.
U.S. teen pregnancy and teen birth rates are the second highest among 46 countries in the developed world.
this data shows that U.S. teens’ sexual behavior is similar to teens of other developed countries in terms of when they start to have sex and how often they are having it.
Yet, U.S. teens are less likely to use contraception or to consistently use more effective methods of contraception when compared to the teens of several other developed countries.
Recent data show that 77% of the decline in teen pregnancy rates among U.S. teens aged 15–17 years is because teens have increased their use of contraception and 23% of the decline is because teens are having less sex.
Among older U.S. teens, 18– to 19– years-old, these data show that all the reduction in pregnancy risk was related to increased contraceptive use.
Lemon: The states with the highest increases were Alaska (19 percent),…
If that’s based on the population, then an increase of 10 pregnancies might equal 19%. The teenage population of Alaska is relatively small, so this is not an accurate sample. But I understand what your trying to say, and that is Governor Palin’s state has the highest increase in teen pregnancies (bash — bash), however I think the data is flawed.
Ah, but DeBurca, she didn’t practice abstinance. That’s like saying if we teach that (only) 2+2=4 in our schools and some of the students get 5 for an answer, then math is not working.
But I do agree by BTW, that young students should be taught about their bodies and birth control. But that these should be tempered with and understanding that "waiting" is OK as well.
I reared 3 beautiful young woman to adulthood. They received a proper education and information about birth control and the consequences of STD’s in unprotected sex. BUT they were taught that we (their father and I) expected abstinance. We also expected good grades, them to meet thier curfews, to not drink and drive, to respect people, amd to become productive citizens. We didn’t always get all of our expectations, but they were always laid out. My oldest (and dang near perfect) son, failed English in the 10th and 11th grade, when I explained to him that he could do high school in 4 years or 5 years, but he WOULD finish high school, he got with the plan. EXPECTATIONS at home!! BTW, he made a perfect score on the English graduation test. Only one other person in our school system has ever scored a perfect score!
But back to my first line. We reared 3 girls; 1 teenage pregnancy. I guess we fall right slap dab in the middle statistically. Our other 2 daughters were exposed to the exact same "education". What do you think went wrong? Do you really think that any system is perfect? If Bristol Palin reaches that one girl, shouldn’t she at least try?
Scarlett, look up the definition of ‘abstinence only sex ed’.
And you don’t seem to understand the point. Studies show that where abstinence only sex ed is the curriculum, teen pregnancy rates jump higher. That is just a fact, has nothing to do with the stats in your family.