In New York City to promote National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day with a major media splash, Sarah Palin's daughter Bristol said abstinence is the best choice for teenagers despite her own decisions. LifeNews
Palin agreed to be a national spokeswoman for "I Vow Not Now," a program of the Candies Foundation. This is not an abstinence-only group. One clue is its questionable promotional methods. Another is its list of past honorees: Hillary Clinton, Jane Fonda, and Kim Catrall -- not known for their support of abstinence, and well-known as supporters of Planned Parenthood. Another tell-tale sign is its association with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy, whose supporters and advisors read like a who's who of groups that undermine the abstinence message at every turn - the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, the Hewlett Packard Foundation, Planned Parenthood, the Guttmacher Institute, the Kaiser Foundation, the Turner Foundation - and companies that sell contraceptives, such as Wyeth and Pfizer. You have to look deep into its web sites for confirmation of their abstinence-plus message but it is there.
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