ZUMA Press Inc
(2009-03-12 19:02:19)
The unmarried teen daughter of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin -- whose pregnancy became a US presidential campaign issue in 2008 -- has reportedly split with her young fiance.
Bristol Palin, 18, gave birth to a baby boy in December but has since broken up with the child's father Levi Johnston, 19, People magazine reported.
The split happened "a few weeks ago," People said, citing a source close to the couple. "It was a mutual thing," the source said.
Bristol Palin in February told Fox News that she planned to marry Johnston after the two finished high school.
Bristol Palin's pregnancy was revealed shortly after her mother was confirmed as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate in August, and it quickly became a campaign talking point.
Governor Palin, a mother of five, is a devout Christian opposed to abortion and an advocate of abstinence-only as a birth control method. She has always portrayed her daughter's pregnancy in a positive light.
The infant, named Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston, was born December 27.
Asked by Fox News in February for her views on contraception, Bristol Palin said: "I don't want to get into details about that. Everyone should be abstinent but it's not realistic at all."
Bristol Palin also said in the interview that she hoped to become an advocate against teen pregnancy.
Copyright 2009 AFP Global Edition
