Pregnancy as a Consequence, Not Punishment

Senator Obama made these comments in response to a townmeeting question in Pennsylvania:

"Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old," he said. "I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don't want them punished with a baby. I don't want them punished with an STD at age 16, so it doesn't make sense to not give them information."

[Note: I haven't located a full transcript to get the broader context, but here's a left-favoring blog post that fills in some more details. ]

Melinda at STR addresses the mindset that pregnancy would be punishment (rather than an expected consequence of intercourse).

US voters should have some very clear distinctions between candidates in the presidential election this fall: abortion, foreign policy, taxes, role of the federal government in "helping" people.