Now this is what I call a conversation starter!

If you've ever had teenagers you know that it can be challenging to make sure they maintain their abstinence pledge. After all, look at Bristol Palin.

Now, a group of pro-abstinence mothers (how did they get to be mothers? I have no idea) have come up with a new line of sexy underwear to promote chastity in their little girls. Because after all, what's a better time to get your nubile young daughter to start a conversation about abstinence than when she and her boyfriend are down to their underwear.

We created a line of underwear to use as conversation starters to help reinforce family morals as they relate to relationships and dating.

So if you have decided that the Abercrombie and Fitch catalogue has gotten too sexy for you, WWYMD might be just the thing for you.

Too late for Bristol Palin

But good news for the rest of us.

From Time Magazine's Swampland blog:

The President's FY2010 budget was released this morning (you can search through all 1376 pages here) and among the proposed changes it includes is the elimination of Community-Based Abstinence Education (CBAE) funding. Under the Bush administration, CBAE grants went to programs that teach kids the only way to prevent pregnancy and avoid sexually-transmitted infections is to postpone sex until marriage. Budget language explicitly prevented those programs from providing students "any other education regarding sexual conduct."

Have I mentioned how good it is to have a president who actually listens to scientists and acts on the basis of evidence, not just ideology?

For Bristol Palin, a Romance Ended

With such a stable foundation, and all those kids had going for them, you just have to ask yourself: If they can't make a go of it, what chance do the rest of us have?