Mike Huckabee has decried Natalie Portman for glamorizing having a child out of wedlock. But Ms. Portman is an adult, and it doesn't appear that she is glamorizing the fact that she is pregnant out of wedlock. The thing that is horrifying to me are shows glamorizing teen motherhood. It is not that I feel that teenage girls who become pregnant should be branded "sluts," but nor should becoming pregnant in one's teen years be seen as a goal to pursue. Not only that, but the girls chosen to be on these programs do not seem like the kind who are going to try and put their child first. They seem like self-absorbed Paris Hilton/Kim Kardashian wannabes.
Natalie Portman is not a bad role model. I doubt that anyone even thinks about the fact that she and her boyfriend are having a baby out of wedlock--other than the likes of Mike Huckabee. The people who should be receiving a verbal lashing are the jerks who created the "Teen Mom" shows. They don't care what kind of a message they're sending to impressionable teenage girls who may well think they can get their 15 minutes of fame by getting pregnant and getting on such a show themselves.
