Kristy Burton

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- Pro-life activist and Republican National Convention Colorado delegate Kristy Burton said Monday afternoon that she's not wavering in her support of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin following news that Palin's 17-year-old daughter is pregnant.

"All families have situations that they have to deal with, and I'm sure she'll deal with it just fine with her daughter," Burton told PolitickerCO.com. "I think it's actually a chance to prove that she's pro-life by helping her daughter with her situation, and I'm sure that's what she'll do."

Colorado pro-life activist and Republican National Convention delegate Kristy Burton said Friday that she was "really glad" John McCain picked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate Friday.

"She's a young conservative, she's pro-life, and like John McCain she stands up to the party and does what she believes in when she thinks the party is going in the wrong direction," Burton said. "She's just really strong."

Burton said the fact that Palin gave birth to a child with Down Syndrome in April shows she "walks the walk" when it comes to her pro-life stance.

Burton is the leading advocate of the Personhood Amendment in Colorado, a ballot initiative that would amend the state constitution to define a fertilized human egg as a person.

Republican National Convention delegate and pro-life activist Kristy Burton is a John McCain supporter.

But with talk of McCain gauging reaction to a potential pro-choice running mate, Burton told PolitickerCO.com that she wouldn't support McCain's vice-presidential pick until he or she is pro-life.

"I certainly hope he does not pick a pro-choice running mate," said Burton, the leading proponent of Amendment 48, which would amend the state constitution to define a fertilized human egg as a person.

"To be honest, I haven't followed the presidential race to a huge degree just because of my own (Personhood Amendment) campaign that I'm involved in," she said. "So I'll probably just wait to see who he picks and then I'll decide what I'll do."