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Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin talk abstinence

(NEWSER) - American's most famous teen mom and her famous mom, Sarah Palin, talked abstinence with Oprah today. Bristol Palin plans to hold to her vow not to have sex until she's married, even though the queen of all media offered her an out: "It's nobody's business when you chose to have sex," Winfrey said. "I think it's a goal to have, and I think other young women should have that goal," said Palin, 19, whose son, Tripp, is 13 months old. More»

Comic joked that John Edwards was babydaddy; no ruckus

(NEWSER) - A late-night comic cracking a joke about an adult man getting an underage Palin daughter pregnant? Sounds like perfect fodder for the former vice-presidential candidate's outrage... except there was no outcry, points out Alan Colmes' Liberaland. Back in September, Jay Leno joked that the philandering John Edwards had something to do with Bristol's pregnancy, and the GOP (and blogosphere) remained quiet. More»

Newly married Calif. Democrat is 8th to have a baby while in office

(NEWSER) - California Rep. Linda Sanchez gave birth to a boy today, the eighth lawmaker to do so while in office, CNN reports. “Mother and baby are both happy and healthy,” her husband said in a statement. Two other congresswomen have had babies in the past year, the AP notes; Sanchez looked like she would be Congress’ first single mom when she announced her pregnancy in November, the Washington Post adds, but she married last month. More»

Media attacks miss the point: she's a 'natural messenger'

(NEWSER) - Bristol Palin has gotten a media drubbing for hypocrisy in her new role as abstinence advocate—but such attacks are wholly undeserved, writes Nancy Gibbs in Time. The “true hypocrisy,” one could say, was at the Republican convention, which portrayed a falsely simple happy-ending message. In fact, “life is much messier” than that: Bristol’s path from “sinner” to ambassador is representative of reality. More»

(NEWSER) - Sarah Palin continues to inadvertently make pro-choice arguments as she campaigns for a ban on abortion, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post. After revealing that she twice considered aborting son Trig, Palin said “I do understand what these women, what these girls go through in that thought process.” Of course, “if it were up to Palin,” Marcus writes, “women would have no thought process to go through.” More»