Bristol Palin is pregnant again, knows shes a huge disappointment to my family

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I’ve never been a proponent of telling pregnant teenage girls that their pregnancies are “punishment” for having sex. I don’t think anyone, young or old, male or female, should view pregnancy and parenthood as punishments. So I always had some sympathy for Bristol Palin when she first burst into the national consciousness in 2008 as the knocked up 16 year old daughter of then vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin. Bristol made a series of a bad choices and she got knocked up and she ended up making the best of the situation for her (because it was her body, her choice) by not marrying her baby-daddy and then becoming a single mom. That kind of “trust a woman to make her own reproductive and marriage choices” ideology will never be found in the Palins’ party, mind you.

What I’m trying to say is that Bristol largely got a pass the first time around. She was a dumb teenager and she did the best she could. But the second time around? OMG. Yes, it turns out that Bristol Palin is knocked up again. Still unmarried too, which doesn’t bother me but is SO RICH AND DELICIOUS considering the GOP’s public shaming of unwed mothers, etc. Bristol’s announcement comes about five weeks after she called off her wedding at the last minute. She was supposed to marry a dude named Dakota Meyer, and some believe that she called off the wedding because he didn’t tell her about his first wife. So is Dakota the baby-daddy? Bristol doesn’t say. Here’s what she posted on her blog:

(I’m announcing this news a lot sooner than I ever expected due to the constant trolls who have nothing better to talk about!!!)

I wanted you guys to be the first to know that I am pregnant. Honestly, I’ve been trying my hardest to keep my chin up on this one. At the end of the day there’s nothing I can’t do with God by my side, and I know I am fully capable of handling anything that is put in front of me with dignity and grace.

Life moves on no matter what. So no matter how you feel, you get up, get dressed, show up, and never give up. When life gets tough, there is no other option but to get tougher.

I know this has been, and will be, a huge disappointment to my family, to my close friends, and to many of you. But please respect Tripp’s and my privacy during this time. I do not want any lectures and I do not want any sympathy.

My little family always has, and always will come first. Tripp, this new baby, and I will all be fine, because God is merciful.

[From Patheos]

Once again, pregnancy as punishment. Her life is “tough” and her decision to get pregnant (again) and keep the baby (again) is thought to be a “disappointment” to her family. This is how the family-values crowd twists everything around. And you know what? I say it’s totally cool to judge Bristol. Her blog reveals her judgment of other people’s life choices and general hypocritical wingnuttery. So I’m judging her. Girl, get some Depo-Provera!! You probably wouldn’t have a co-pay with Obamacare (HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA).

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Photos courtesy of Bristol’s Instagram.

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