Teen pregnancy is certainly foremost on the nation’s brain
these days. With one in three girls in the U.S.
pregnant before the age of 20,
this is not a bad thing. But many commentators are concerned that the national
dialogue about teen pregnancy that has resulted from the Palin affair has
made teen moms seem like heroes. I’m concerned, more specifically, that few have questioned whether shotgun
weddings between teen parents-to-be are the best way out of a very difficult
situation.
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