Palin: Should she ask her daughter to abort her fetus? President Obama would!

Yes, there is a difference, but when there is a baby on the way, both the 17 and 19 year old have the same choices to make, and have live with the same consequences and benefits of those choices. Bristol and her boyfriend are planning on having the child and getting married (not necessarily in that order). That is their choice to make, and the family are there to support them. My experience with teenagers is enough to know that one of the biggest reasons being a teenager is so hard is it's the first phase in a person's life where there decisions have long term effects, but they don't have many real life experiences on which to base the choices they make. We all raise our kids according to our own convictions and beliefs. Teenagers start testing and questioning them, it's part of growing up. Bristol made choices that were different than how she was raised. Does that make he parents failures, or does that just mean that she chose not to heed their advice? Are we really ready to judge parents based on their kids' acceptance of how they were raised? Talk about demanding a generation of robots!

I don't know what your familiarity with teenagers is, but there is a huge difference between a 17-year-old high school senior and a 19-year-old. According to Palin's stated beliefs, she didn't teach her daughter about contraception, just abstinence. Not too many marriages last at 17 especially when a pregnancy is the reason they occur.

Good point mcat: she should have ordered her daughter to abort the baby and dump her boyfriend - why should she punish her daughter by FORCING her to keep it? We in the Obama camp know that she forced her to marry her boyfriend and have the baby so that she looks like another little Palin follower! Obama was a punishment to his mother until he became a producing, self-supporting worker in society. Now, he will lead our country in the change that American's have been looking for, our Marxist Revolution! Vote Obama 2008!

I don't think you'll help him that much!! with your way to do and with what you say and how you say it, is more an help for Mc cain...think about it... Nun ps(I'm not an US citizen but I really hope that Obama will win this election...read all my other message in politics...)

Thanks, but no thanks! We in the Obama campaign do not need supporters like you bashing us for our Pro-American values, you need to get with the program and accept our vision of change, or stop trying to interrupt the good we are trying to achieve for all Americans! Vote Obama 2008!

If you were't as ignorant as you have shown yourself to be, you would know that I am pro-choice, and a door-to-door Obama supporter. So, if you are trying to spread your conservative lies, do it somewhere else! President Obama will reign supreme, whether you like it or not. Vote Obama 2008!

The information on the sidebar of the video you linked was a very anti-Obama message, so I misunderstood where you were coming from. At first I thought you were saying Obama would make his daughter abort if she becomes pregnant. My mistake. Anyway, being pro-choice, I think if Bristol truly made the choice herself (and Sarah didn't make the choice for her), then good for her. Pro-choice also means the choice to keep the baby.

You foolish conservatives think you can just come in, make a statement, and change the discussion! Why do you try to misrepresent Obama when you know that he will win no matter what you do? Regardless, I hope you choose to support him because of his elite mind, and progressive concepts - he will lead us to a change in America! Vote Obama 2008!

Pro-choice should only be allowed in as much as the person can SUPPORT the rugrat. If they cannot, it should be the choice of the guardian, since they will be sucking up their resources. Some people I know have chosen to abort all their pregnancies because they want to decrease their carbon footprint (not increase it), which is one of our causes! In fact, we should limit the number of children everyone casn have - look at how productive China became after they did that! President Obama understands that we are competing with China and other nations in that sense, which is why I am voting for him! Vote Obama 2008!

We are merely animals that evolved from primordial slime - we must use every possible means to advance the human race through evolution and social progression, which sometimes involves what I have mentioned. Who are you to say that it is wrong?

Are you implying that it is ok to sacrifice a life for the sake of the nation?

Rodney, It harms our economy when single non-producing unwed mothers have children, that is why we should have a limit on children as they do in China. Look at how China has advanced over the years! Obama knows this, as he is a citizen of the world, not just America; he will bring about the new regime in America, take power from large business and give power back to the workers! Our Marxist Revolution will bring the change that all Americans desire! Vote President Obama 2008!

Of course, for the greater good of the nation - the ends justify the means! What do you think they do with aborted fetuses and cadavers? Human life is no better than animal life; humans are just animals, and Obama knows that! Vote Obama 2008!

I suppose it was her decision, but Palin could have shown some leadership and make her do it - she is still a minor in her household; it would have shown how much she respects her mother - to not be selfish and hurt her in the race, and also it would show the family's solidarity in purpose and focus on the country, not distracting everyone with their personal lives!

"I suppose it was her decision, but Palin could have shown some leadership and make her do it" And this is why I call people like YOU Pro-Abortion. You don't want that girl to have a choice at all. You just want to force women to have an abortion any time it may be inconvenient. Pro-Choice means the woman has a choice to KEEP the child.

We are not Pro-abortion, we are anti-waste, and anti-punishment! We are against the weak notion of pro-choice some, as yourself, have. Pro-choice is COMPLETE freedom, not partial. Do you really think that parents have no influence on their children? WHAT about the choice of the parents - who do you think will be raising and supporting the baby? She is still too young to make her own choices; Palin should have stepped up and ordered an abortion, Obama would have had the guts to do it! Vote Obama 2008!