Rep. Lauren Boebert said she will be a grandmother after revealing that her 17-year-old son, Tyler, and his girlfriend are expecting a baby boy next month.
Boebert’s home state of Colorado is currently one of only six states where abortion is legal at all stages of pregnancy.
Boebert was a teen mom and dropped out of high school in her senior year when she was pregnant with Tyler.The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has found that only about 50% of teen moms receive their high school diplomas by age 22 as opposed to 90% of women who don’t give birth as teenagers.
The congresswoman said she was not upset that she was going to be a grandmother at 36 and shared the conversation she had with her son after she learned the news. “When I approached him and told him, ‘Tyler, I’m going to be a 36-year-old grandmother,’ he said, ‘Well didn’t you make granny a 36-year-old granny?”‘Instagram /laurenboebert‘Nice try, buddy,’ she added., claiming the courses taught students about same-sex intercourse.“I mean they have comprehensive sex-ed. They’re teaching kids how to have and enjoy sex, and even same-sex sex.”
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