Comedian Doug Stanhope (also a proud atheist) is raising money…
(If you’re not sure you want to hear the end of that sentence, you’re probably right.)
The money — $25,000 — would go to Bristol Palin, Sarah Palin‘s underage daughter, so that she can pay for an abortion and begin a new life away from her family:
… I, Doug Stanhope, am offering you, Bristol Palin, the sum of 25,000 dollars so that you can abort your child and move out of that draconian home. I have also set up a PayPal link so that others around the world can help increase this amount to ease the burden of starting out on your own at such an early age.
I was once in a similar situation where I’d accidentally impregnated a girl and she had to make that same fateful decision that now faces you. It was easy for her – she didn’t have a fascist, oligarch parent, the entire Republican Party or the sneering eyes of the Christian Right to contend with, much less a daft, puppet boyfriend who’s just waiting for the cameras to stop rolling so he can bolt like a gazelle.
We made the right choice and rather than end up bitter rivals in court battles over custody or support, we are great friends who high-five over our decision and have all the free time and disposable income that young mothers never know. I now pay it forward and offer some of that money to you…
It’s not a joke or anything. Stanhope’s serious about this.

No word on whether Bristol would accept the money if offered…
In case she doesn’t, though, the money will still go to a good cause:
… If for some strange reason Bristol doesn’t take me up on my offer, I will give all funds donated to www.LilithFund.org who help underprivileged women get free or low-cost abortions. I will donate it on election day in Sarah Palin’s name…
I know some of you will find this humorous while most of you will see this as completely tasteless.
Normally, I’d find this sort of thing funny, but it just isn’t striking me that way this time around. I’m not sure why. It’s not like I’m offended by it…
In any case, if you’ve ever heard Doug Stanhope’s standup routines, this type of stunt is actually pretty tame for him.
Either way, the money would be going to a good cause.
(via What Would Ray Do?)
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