Teenage Pregnancy on Shine

Shocker: Teen birth rates higher in states with more conservative religious beliefs

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Bristol Palin, you have company. And lot of it, apparently, in Mississippi, Arkansas, Oklahoma, Tennessee, and Kentucky. A new study suggests…

Why teens need condoms

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A study out of the Columbia University School of Public Health demonstrates that after declining rates of teen pregnancy for roughly 15 years, the trend stalled and reversed recently. The causes of this reversal are a matter of conjecture, but the most likely explanation is the most obvious: Bush…

Bristol Palin takes up the cause to prevent teen pregnancy, Dad calls Tripp "a mistake"

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Bristol Palin says having a baby is hard work, 24-hours-a-day work, and she doesn’t have time for friends or the things she used to do before becoming a teenage mom. Bristol said this seated on The Today Show couch with her dad, Todd, and a sleeping baby Tripp, as the teen ambassador for the The Candie’s Foundation, talking about teen pregnancy and why other teens should avoid it.

Despite saying in a taped interview before the appearance, “If I can prevent even one girl from getting pregnant, I will feel a sense of accomplishment,” Bristol, 18, tiptoed around how to avoid pregnancy. In past interviews, she said abstinence is not realistic for many teenagers, but today she said: “Abstinence is the only 100-percent-foolproof way to prevent pregnancy.” When Matt Lauer asked if promoting abstinence is a do-as-I-say-not-as-I-do way to go for Bristol, she said people should learn from her example, but agreed practicing safe sex is necessary. "Yeah, definitely, if you're going to have sex, I think you should have safe sex."