Word that Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s teen daughter is five months pregnant has become massive fodder for all kinds of political chat – for both conservatives and liberals. But looking at teen pregnancy as an issue unto itself – separate from the left or right -- might provide a different kind of conversation.
Guest: Patricia Quinn, Executive Director of the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy
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