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If you're Bristol Palin, that would be $262,500.
ABC News reports Palin, 20, who was 18 when she had a baby with her former fiance, Levi Johnston, was paid that amount by the Candie's Foundation for preaching abstinence.
"What if I didn't come from a famous family?" Palin asks in a PSA for the nonprofit organization. "What if I didn't have their support? What if I didn't have all of these opportunities? Believe me, it wouldn't be pretty."
ABC News says the money is nearly seven times the amount spent on other teen pregnancy prevention efforts.
In a news release, the Candie's Foundation defends its partnership with Palin.
"Bristol Palin's work with the Foundation, including multiple television and print PSAs, viral video, town hall meetings and numerous media interviews has resulted in more than 1 billion media impressions," the release state. "This is an unprecedented reach for a teen pregnancy prevention campaign."
Earlier this week, ABC News reports, the CDC released a new report stating that the rate of teen girls giving birth in the United States has dropped by about 40 percent.
"There is no one-size-fits-all way to prevent teen pregnancy," the CDC's Dr. Wanda Barfield tells the network. "Only 50 percent of high school students are getting comprehensive sexual education, including abstinence and contraception."
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4-07-2011 @ 12:51PM
Lauren said...Hell no she doesn't deserve it. Statistics show that abstinence only programs are not affective with some studies showing that even the control (group that received no abstinence education) had lower rates of pre-marital sex. Think about it, the states with the highest rates of teen pregnancy are in the bible belt (where abstinence only programs are most prevalent) So basically she, along with other abstinence spokespeople are being paid with little overall effect on the rate of teen sex. Comprehensive sexual education programs are the only sound options towards giving teens information about sex and it's consequences as well as proper use of contraceptives.
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4-07-2011 @ 2:18PM
Lauren said...They obviously think she's worth paying, so I won't complain. I think its silly to say that abstinence only education is a waste of time because some people don't follow the teachings. That would be like saying we should get rid of murder laws because people just keep murdering, so obviously teaching that its wrong isn't working. Abstinence only works when kids WANT to do it. Its a personal choice that can't be forced on anyone. All you can do is teach it and hope for the best.
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4-07-2011 @ 2:49PM
Lauren said..."hope" doesn't generates results. It is not just "some people" that do not follow abstinence it is a majority. Comprehensive sex ed programs yield better results in terms of reducing teen pregnancy and educating about sex. Face it, teenagers will have sex. Some more safely than others. The point is that (shocker)not every teenager is going listen. This can be compared to underage drinking. By only saying 'don't do it' that is not going to reduce the rate of teen drinking. Programs that explain how alcohol affects the body, what to do in situations with alcohol, what to do if you've had too much alcohol etc. have more positive outcomes compared to the attitude "just don't do it. if you do you're on your own."