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Bristol Palin
Todd, Piper, Willow, Bristol and Trig Palin (l to r)
Born	(1990-10-18) October 18, 1990 (age 34) Wasilla, Alaska

Bristol Palin (born October 18, 1990) is the daughter of Alaska governor and former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin, and Sarah's husband Todd Palin. She lives with her parents in Wasilla, Alaska, and has a son, Tripp, with Levi Johnston. Bristol and fiance Levi Johnston ended their engagement about 2.5 months after the birth of their son. Palin received her Wasilla High School diploma on May 14, 2009 along with the rest of her classmates.

Abstinence spokeswoman

Since the birth of her son, Palin has spoken out on a number of occasions against teens having sex and teenage pregnancy. In 2009 she worked with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy to ask teens to abstain from having sex. Bill Alpert, the Campaign's spokesman, said working with Palin made sense because "she's had the highest-profile teen pregnancy of the year." In May 2009 Palin was named a Teen Abstinence Ambassador for the Candie's Foundation, a teen pregnancy prevention organization. Her duties as a spokeswoman involved attending town hall meetings and giving interviews on morning talk shows. Palin said "Regardless of what I did personally, abstinence is the only ... 100% foolproof way you can prevent pregnancy." Before becoming an abstinence spokeswoman Palin told Fox News that abstinence for teens is "not realistic at all".

Her role in terms of a spokesperson has been controversial. Bonnie Fuller, former editor in chief of YM (magazine), has questioned whether the net effect of Bristol's presentations has been to glamorize or discourage teen pregnancy based on the visusal imagery. However even Fuller has agreed that comments from Palin like, "If girls realized the consequences of sex, nobody would be having sex, Trust me. Nobody" are clearly discouraging to teen pregnancy.

References

1. http://courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/ep.urd/pamw2000.o_party_sum?44738506%7C1
2. Bristol Palin gives birth to a boy, Seattle Times, December 30, 2008
3. Kaufman, Gil (October 13, 2008). "Sarah Palin's Future Son-In-Law Levi Johnston Denies He's Being Forced To Marry Bristol". MTV. Retrieved 2009-04-26.
4. No Surprises From Palin, McCain Team Says, The Washington Post, September 2, 2008
5. "Palin engagement over". The Age. Associated Press. March 13, 2009. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
6. "Bristol Palin graduates from high school". Associateed Press. Retrieved 2009-17-05. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
7. USNews and World Report
8. Candie's foundation
9. Collins, Gail (May 6, 2009). "Bristol Palin's New Gig". The New York Times. New York: The New York Times Company. Retrieved May 14, 2009. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |coauthors= (help)
10. "history page". Candie's Foundation. Retrieved 2009-5-14. {{cite web}}: Check date values in: |accessdate= (help)
11. Gibbs, Nancy (May 8, 2009). "In Defense of Bristol Palin, Abstinence Spokeswoman". Time. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
12. Hedley, Caroline (May 7, 2009). "Bristol Palin campaigns for teenage abstinence". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 2009-05-14.
13. Contessa Brewer, David Shuster, Bonnie Fuller. MSNBC interview of Bonnie Fuller (Television). New York: MSNBC. {{cite AV media}}: Unknown parameter |year2= ignored (help)
14. Sobieraj, Sandra (May 20, 2009), "Bristol Palin Exposes Her Sometimes Isolated Life", People magazine

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