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Pregnant Massachusetts teen says there was no “pregnancy pact”
There was an article in Time Magazine last week that had a lot of people talking. It claimed that 17 teen girls at Glouchester High School in Northeastern Massachusetts were pregnant after many of them made a pact to have babies and raise their children together. The high school in the small economically-depressed fishing town has just 1,200 students, and 17 pregnancies represents an increase of 4 times the amount of teen pregnancies the year before.Jason Bateman Defends Juno in Wake of Reported Teen "Pregnancy Pact"
During the same week Jamie Lynn Spears, 17, gave birth to daughter Maddie, Time magazine reported that 17 high school students - all under the age of 16-years-old - in Gloucester Massachusetts, were pregnant after making a pact to have babies together. "Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Gloucester High School principal Joseph Sullivan revealed to Time. (Gloucester Mayor Carolyn Kirk told the Boston Herald, "The information from the principal has not been verified by any other source.”) Many media outlets have since dubbed the rash of teen pregnancies the "Juno Effect," referencing the Oscar nominated film starring Ellen Page and Bateman.Call me old fashion....
But this is sick. Why would they make it easier for students to have babies? They should not be rewarded for having a baby in high school.
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