Unexpurgated comment from a real mom

as a pro-choice mother of teenage boys, the fundamentalist view being
portrayed nationwide as this teen pregnancy being hailed as a "blessed
event" scares the sh** out of me. i live in a rural area that has one of
the state's highest teen pregnancy rates. this has been discussed openly
in our home because i have witnessed over and over the "joy" little
girls portray as they drop out of school and push their baby carriages
around town. i have seen the young men drop out of school, get a job to
buy diapers just because they had unprotected sex. i have always
encouraged my boys to wait to have sex, but i know there are families
out there,just like the palins, that will throw a big party for the
child-mom who "chooses" to have the baby. i am scared to death of the
teen girls who are watching who are hearing just what they want to hear
- go ahead - get pregnant. my boys have access to condoms, and i sure
hope they use them. and, i can guarantee i keep a closer eye on my boys
than sarah palin apparently kept on her daughter. and, even if this
pretty young couple gets married, i suppose we'll see another chapter of
their "normal" family when they divorce in 3-5 years.