Levi Pans Bristol's New Message
Bristol Palin is now advocating abstinence-only for teens, and the father of her baby son says that's all fine and good, but just isn't "realistic."
On The Early Show Wednesday, Levi Johnston also said things are improving in his relationship with Bristol, as he seeks more time with their son, Tripp.
Bristol's pregnancy became a major issue early in the presidential campaign. Her mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was Sen. John McCain's running mate. Bristol, 18, and Levi, 19, weren't married and have since broken up. Tripp was born Dec. 27.
Bristol was in New York Wednesday to help promote National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day. She's been named a teen ambassador for The Candie's Foundation, which is sponsoring a town hall about teen pregnancy prevention.
She went on national TV to say she believes abstinence is the best and safest choice for teens.
Johnston told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rogriguez Wednesday he agrees. "Abstinence is a great idea," he said, "but I also think you need to enforce, you know, condoms and birth control and other things like that to have safe sex. I don't just think telling young kids, you can't have sex, it's not going to work. It's not realistic.
" ... It's a great idea and a great message she's trying to send out to the world and all the young kids. It's not easy raising a baby. But I do think there's more things to it than just not having sex."
Asked if he was using condoms when Tripp was conceived, Johnston said he was, "but there's a few times we didn't, and that's what happened. We had a kid."
Copyright 2009 CBS. All rights reserved. On The Early Show Wednesday, Levi Johnston also said things are improving in his relationship with Bristol, as he seeks more time with their son, Tripp.
Bristol's pregnancy became a major issue early in the presidential campaign. Her mother, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, was Sen. John McCain's running mate. Bristol, 18, and Levi, 19, weren't married and have since broken up. Tripp was born Dec. 27.
Bristol was in New York Wednesday to help promote National Teen Pregnancy Awareness Day. She's been named a teen ambassador for The Candie's Foundation, which is sponsoring a town hall about teen pregnancy prevention.
She went on national TV to say she believes abstinence is the best and safest choice for teens.
Johnston told Early Show co-anchor Maggie Rogriguez Wednesday he agrees. "Abstinence is a great idea," he said, "but I also think you need to enforce, you know, condoms and birth control and other things like that to have safe sex. I don't just think telling young kids, you can't have sex, it's not going to work. It's not realistic.
" ... It's a great idea and a great message she's trying to send out to the world and all the young kids. It's not easy raising a baby. But I do think there's more things to it than just not having sex."
Asked if he was using condoms when Tripp was conceived, Johnston said he was, "but there's a few times we didn't, and that's what happened. We had a kid."
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Yeah, once you get the taste of being a "celebrity", I guess it's pretty hard to let go. I wonder what she will come up with next.
Posted by buarneyfwank
I thought it would be named Fall.
There is no better testimony that this!
Posted by hummerpoo2
Yeah, she's Mrs. Entity's daughter.
Posted by pam_johnson
Just throwing random words together, Pam?
Posted by iDragon13 at 7:13 AM : May 6, 2009
I think she's the person who sends out that weird spam. You know, the kind that's 229 words and goes something like this: "night travesty urban oak moonstone vacillate suggest."
How does "great idea" mean panning?
Posted by kutabeach
Did you not read the whole article?