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 I'll Sue Palins
 Over Custody: Levi 

'I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again,' says Tripp's dad

Oct 30, 09 4:45 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston says he's “definitely” going to court over custody issues concerning Tripp, his son with Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol. "I'm up to the point where I can't see my kid again. I'm done. I'm sure we'll end up in court,” Johnston tells the Guardian , explaining that... More »

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Alaska • teen pregnancy • child custody • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Palin

 Teen Pregnancy 
 Rampant in 
 Foster Homes 




Nearly half of foster-care girls get knocked up by 19

Jul 22, 09 1:59 PM CDT
(Newser) - Teen pregnancy is on the rise throughout the country, but in the foster-care system it’s a full-blown epidemic, Time reports. Nearly half of girls who spent time in the system become pregnant before turning 19, according to one University of Chicago study, and almost 25% had been pregnant... More »

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sex education • teen pregnancy • foster homes • foster care

 Teen Pregnancies,  
 STDs Increase: CDC 

Figures raise concerns after positive trends

Jul 20, 09 1:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - After declining in 1991-2005, the US teen birth rate climbed in 2006 and 2007, HealthDay News reports. Crunching numbers from 2002-07, the Centers for Disease Control found a number of trends had flatlined or worsened after a period of improvement.
  • 2004 saw 745,000 pregnancies among females under 20,
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AIDS • HPV • Centers for Disease Control and Prevention • HIV • syphilis • STD • chlamydia • gonorrhea • teen pregnancy • sexual assault • adolescents • teenager • sexually transmitted diseases

 Palin: Dave  
 Owes All 
 Women an 
 Apology 

Dave still joking, Sarah still furious

Jun 12, 09 7:54 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Letterman joked on his show last night that Sarah Palin made nice by inviting him hunting, but their feud showed no sign of letting up this morning when Palin called on him to apologize to young women nationwide on the Today show, the AP reports. Letterman’s joke that... More »

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Alex Rodriguez • late night talk show • David Letterman • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Willow Palin

 Dump Levi, Get a Car: 
 Dad to Bristol 

Teen parents are exchanging flirty text messages, but no reunion in sight

May 28, 09 9:06 AM CDT
(Newser) - The chill between Levi Johnston and Bristol Palin is thawing, but the same can’t be said for Johnston and his babymama’s parents: Todd Palin offered, more than once, to buy Bristol a car if only she’d dump Levi. That tidbit, as well as the revelation that Johnston... More »

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teen pregnancy • Bristol Palin • Todd Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

 Wanna Have Sex? 
 Picture 'Screaming 
 Baby': Bristol 

Teen mom ensures years of therapy for her child with one comment

May 20, 09 10:20 AM CDT
(Newser) - Bristol Palin thinks the best advertisement for abstinence is “a screaming newborn baby,” she tells People in a look at the life of a teenage mom. “If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex,” says Bristol, who graduated high school last week,... More »

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abstinence education • abstinence • teen pregnancy • teen sex • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

(Newser) - A British National Health Service trust posted a controversial staged video on YouTube showing a teenager giving birth amid a pack of yelling high schoolers as a way to scare girls about pregnancy, reports the Daily Mail. The video shows a teen, played by an actress, giving birth on a... More »

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pregnancy • YouTube • video • National Health Service • digital video • Britain • teen pregnancy • teenager

OPINION

 Abstinence 
 Backer Bristol  
 No Hypocrite 

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

May 8, 09 10:33 AM CDT
(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, “... More »

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pregnancy • abstinence • teen pregnancy • Bristol Palin

(Newser) - Take that, Bristol. The Obama administration seeks to cut most federal funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, the Wall Street Journal reports. Obama's proposed budget for 2010 would scrap two programs that fund abstinence education—with $145 million—and replace them with a $160 million initiative that funnels 75%... More »

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sex education • abstinence education • STD • budget cuts • teen pregnancy • Obama administration • President Obama • sexually transmitted diseases

OPINION

Bristol as a Role Model?
You Must Be Kidding


May 7, 09 9:14 AM CDT
(Newser) - When the Candie’s teen fashion line came under fire for dressing high school girls like hookers, it formed a nonprofit to fight teen pregnancy. And when the foundation needed a “teen ambassador,” it called Bristol Palin. “Can I say upfront that this is a terrible, terrible... More »

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abstinence education • teen pregnancy • Gail Collins • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Todd Palin • Levi Johnston • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

 Bristol Touts Abstinence;
 Levi Calls Unrealistic 

Contradicts earlier comment; says Tripp 'love of my life'

May 6, 09 9:15 AM CDT
(Newser) - On a tour with a group battling teen pregnancy, Bristol Palin made a stop on Good Morning America, calling abstinence “realistic"—thus contradicting an earlier comment, the New York Daily News reports. “Abstinence is the only way that you can effectively, 100%, full-proof way to prevent pregnancy,... More »

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Good Morning America • abstinence • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston

(AP) - Bristol Palin is shifting from promoting her mom to promoting teen pregnancy prevention. The 18-year-old, who gave birth to a boy in December, has been appointed “Teen Ambassador” of the Candie’s Foundation campaign. She said in a statement that she feels she can be a living example of... More »

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teen pregnancy • Bristol Palin

(AP) - The Food and Drug Administration will allow 17-year-olds to get the "morning-after" birth control pill without a doctor's prescription. The agency said today it would not appeal a federal judge's recent order overturning restrictions imposed during the Bush administration. The judge had ruled that Bush appointees let politics, not... More »

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Bush administration • abortion • FDA • birth control • Plan B • teen pregnancy • morning after pill • abortion pill

Palins Are Lying About Where I Lived: Levi

Bristol's baby daddy says his family's not 'white trash'

Apr 8, 09 2:52 PM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston is standing his ground against Alaska's first family, insisting that he did live at Sarah Palin’s house for two months, which the Palins deny. “They said I didn’t live there,” Johnston said on CBS' Early Show. “They say I ‘stayed there.’... More »

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Alaska • family • infant • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

Palin Slams Levi for Talking Sex on Tyra

Governor accuses daughter's ex of lying in quest for fame

Apr 4, 09 4:36 AM CDT
(Newser) - Levi Johnston's discussion of his relationship with Bristol Palin on the Tyra Banks Show has earned him the wrath of the Palin clan, People reports. A statement from the Alaska governor's family accuses Johnston—who said Sarah Palin let the couple share a room and “probably knew” he and... More »

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Tyra Banks • teen pregnancy • Sarah Palin • Wasilla • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

(Newser) - Bristol Palin's former fiancé says the couple shared a room at Sarah Palin’s home, and  the governor was wise to what was going on, Us reports. “I'm pretty sure she probably knew,” Levi Johnston tells Tyra Banks in an interview. “Moms are pretty smart.”... More »

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Tyra Banks • safe sex • engagement • teen pregnancy • McCain 2008 • Election 2008 • Sarah Palin • Bristol Palin • Levi Johnston

(Newser) - Jamie Lynn Spears and Casey Aldridge are still very much together, but have called off a planned wedding, OK! reports. “Jamie Lynn has everything she wants and feels no need for a ring and piece of paper,” one insider said of Spears, 17, and Aldridge, 18. “... More »

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wedding • gossip • Jamie Lynn Spears • teen pregnancy • Casey Aldridge • celebrity marriage • cancelled • Howard Stern Grid

DNA Test: 13-Year-Old
Isn't Father

Swab results
sink claims about UK tabloid sensation

Mar 26, 09 2:23 PM CDT
(Newser) - The British 13-year-old who became a tabloid sensation because he fathered a child with his teenage girlfriend isn't the dad after all, reports the Mirror, via the Mommy Files blog of the San Francisco Chronicle. A DNA test shows that Alfie Patten is not the UK's youngest father. The boy's... More »

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baby • Britain • teen pregnancy • Alfie Patten • Howard Stern Grid

(Newser) - A federal judge today ordered the Food and Drug Administration to immediately relax age restrictions on the morning-after contraception pill, and reconsider whether there should be any restrictions at all, the Washington Post reports. Since 2005, the pill has been available without a prescription only to women over 18; within... More »

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Bush administration • FDA • federal courts • prescription drugs • federal judges • teen pregnancy • morning after pill • restrictions

US Births Hit Record High

2007 beats baby boom's biggest year; teen pregnancies rise for second year

Mar 18, 09 1:56 PM CDT
(Newser) - A record 4.31 million babies were born in the US in 2007, USA Today reports, topping the 4.30 million born in 1957, the height of the “baby boom”—although that year remains impressive because the overall population of the US was much smaller. Unmarried women bore... More »

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United States • birth rate • infant • birth • baby boom • teen births • teen pregnancy

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