Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- As news of the pregnancy of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol makes the headlines, she is coming under attack from backers of pro-abortion candidate Barack Obama. But few have gone as far as former Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt, who suggested Palin is making her daughter keep the baby.

"She probably feels powerless right now," Feldt said on Tuesday responding to the news about Bristol Palin.

Feldt said Governor Palin’s pro-life views may have made it so she and her husband Todd prevented Bristol from getting an abortion.

"Because of her family's attitude she probably doesn't feel that she has a choice in terms of what will happen to her,” Feldt said.

Instead, the pro-abortion activist appears to say Palin wants her daughter to keep the baby to avoid the embarrassment and present a positive spin on the news in the media.

“Her mother is weaving a narrative that it's a heroic thing of course that she is going forward with the pregnancy, she's getting married and it will all be beautiful and rosy,” Feldt added.

LifeNews.com talked with Wendy Wright, the head of Concerned Women for America, who took strong exception to Feldt’s comments.

“In Gloria Feldt’s bizarre world, families that cherish children are toxic. If the goal is to reduce the number of abortions, surely the first step is to allow families to love and embrace their children, not reject the weak and inconvenient,” Wright said.

“She seems to hope that Bristol, who grew up in a Christian family that clearly cherishes children and even recently embraced a special needs child, would choose abortion and be proud of it,” Wright added. “It may be difficult for Gloria to understand that people could love an unexpected child, a welcome surprise. But to project her contempt for babies onto others, and refuse to allow that a teenager could want a baby is narcissistic.”

Wright said Feldt’s comments make Planned Parenthood’s agenda and mindset about women and children clear.

“Gloria’s condescension toward young pregnant women exposes the business model of Planned Parenthood. It is inconceivable to them that a woman would want an unexpected baby,” she said. “This narrow-minded approach should clang warning bells about how Planned Parenthood treats its clients as if they are people who need to be separated from their families and disabused of any desire to mother their baby.”

Wright said Feldt needs to understand that her comments could go the other way -- that parents could just as quickly force their daughters to have an abortion.

“Would Gloria as quickly agree that a teenager whose parents are pro-abortion may be coerced into an unwanted abortion? And, since everyone knows abortion is available but not all know that life-affirming help is available, would she agree that teenagers – especially those of pro-abortion parents – should have access to pro-life options?”

“Gov. Palin’s announcement noted that the road won’t be easy for Bristol. But Feldt refuses to acknowledge that abortion carries far more harmful consequences without the rewards and joys that children bring,” she concluded.

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