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Bristol Palin’s Abstinence Payday

Cashing In

Earns more than nonprofit pays to prevent pregnancy.

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Her mother must have taught her how to cash in: Bristol Palin made $262,500 from the teen-pregnancy prevention nonprofit Candie’s Foundation. That is more than seven times the amount Candie’s Foundation spent actually preventing teen pregnancy: It gave only $35,000 to teen pregnancy health and counseling clinics. It also spent $165,000 on advertising, which includes Palin’s widely mocked commercial with The Situation.

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