I was a teen mother when abortions and contraceptives for under 18 were illegal. It was my desire, at the time (what did I know?!) and just expected, that we would marry. I was 16 and he was 19. It lasted five years and two kids. It was ugly, hard, abusive, and no I did not come from an abusive background, but he did, and not something I would wish on any child. I do NOT regret for one moment the beautiful children I have from that, but they, too,could have started out with much safer, dependable lives had I not been married to their father, imo.

The Palins are idiots, imo, for sanctioning the marriage of these two kids, esp. in light of what the boy had written online. Best that she have the baby, if she wants, and they learn to be parents without the added stress/baggage of teen marriage AND the national spotlight on them. That spotlight will be on them no matter what, thanks to McCain and her mom.