I got a Pallin Question (Birthcontrol)

[KittyAB]

I am seeing info that says she is for and other that she is against.

Can someone please clarify for me is she apposed or against birth control?

[BC-Tracik]

There are some mixed reviews but if you google it there are more "anti-birth control" quotes then ok with birth control. Basically it appears that even in marriages she is against birth control. She also doesn't believe in abortion even in the case of rape. This woman scares the pants off me.

Here is a quick quote from an article:
Palin Opposes Use of Birth Control Pills and Condoms, Even Among Married Couples
In fact, as Palin's cultural views become better known -- she oppose abortion in all cases and opposes the use of birth control pills and condoms even among married couples -- she will undoubtedly scare the hell out of the soccer moms and 98% of Hillary voters. In fact, many of these women may feel insulted by this choice in that McCain and the GOP think they are stupid and would bypass their own interest (reproductive and economic) to vote for the ticket due to gender and anger that Hillary was not the nominee.
http://killfile.newsvine.com/_news/2...arried-couples

[JJsmom]

http://www.ontheissues.org/2008/Sara...n_Abortion.htm

Pro-contraception sounds like pro birth control to me. She's not Catholic, so it is not a religious matter for her. Perhaps someone got confused when they read she was baptized by her Catholic parents in a Catholic church and did no further investigation to see that when she became of age, she chose a protestant faith to follow? (Just a theory on the mix up.)

Pro-contraception, pro-woman, pro-life What about the social issues that Alaskans, especially the party faithful who often decide primary elections, may find important? Here's what Sarah Palin has to say about abortion.
Palin said last month that no woman should have to choose between her career, education and her child. She is pro-contraception and said she's a member of a pro-woman but anti-abortion group called Feminists for Life. "I believe in the strength and the power of women, and the potential of every human life," she said.

Source: Anchorage Daily News, "Little play," by K. Hopkins Aug 6, 2006

(It does go on to say that she does not hold a pro-life view when the mother's life is at risk.)

[JJsmom]

I also found an article from the LA Times dated 9/6/2008, with Palin quoting this:

(Here's the link -- http://www.latimes.com/news/nationwo...,5768481.story )

Palin's statements date to her 2006 gubernatorial run. In July of that year, she completed a candidate questionnaire that asked, would she support funding for abstinence-until-marriage programs instead of "explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?"

Palin wrote, "Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support."

But in August of that year, Palin was asked during a KTOO radio debate if "explicit" programs include those that discuss condoms. Palin said no and called discussions of condoms "relatively benign."

"Explicit means explicit," she said. "No, I'm pro-contraception, and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear about it in other avenues. So I am not anti-contraception. But, yeah, abstinence is another alternative that should be discussed with kids. I don't have a problem with that. That doesn't scare me, so it's something I would support also."

[JJsmom]

I think these two sources -- The Anchorage Daily News and The LA Times are reputable sources.

[BC-tinatinva]

Additionally - the Feminists For Life Organization is not against Birth-control..

[BC-Tracik]

Originally Posted by tinatinva

Additionally - the Feminists For Life Organization is not against Birth-control..

That is true... they are pretty ambigious about it, but do speak to "if you are practicing abstinance you don't need birth contol and if you are married then you are supposed to have children and then don't need birth control". So makes you wonder when do they think you need birth control? but you are right technically they are not for or against it.

[Lucky mama]

I'm pro-contraception, and I think kids who may not hear about it at home should hear about it in other avenues.

How deliciously ironic considering it must have not been discussed much in her own home.

[JJsmom]

Originally Posted by Lucky mama

How deliciously ironic considering it must have not been discussed much in her own home.

A pretty broad assumption you are making here. One that is lacking in credibility and thus believability. I prefer factual information as opposed to blind opinion.

[JJsmom]

Originally Posted by BC-Tracik

That is true... they are pretty ambigious about it, but do speak to "if you are practicing abstinance you don't need birth contol and if you are married then you are supposed to have children and then don't need birth control". So makes you wonder when do they think you need birth control? but you are right technically they are not for or against it.

I can't find this quote you are referencing?

They do say that are pro-condom. From what I understand that group to be against is the broad use of medicinal birth control -- expressly those methods typically called the "morning after pill" that prevents a fertilized egg from implanting and thus it dies. I see nothing that is remotely similar to that quote of yours above.