Also see: The Virginity Pledge
Which one would you take, ladies?
See Pumping Out Children for my position on sex.
"Teens had pact to get pregnant, report says; Debate renewed in Gloucester" by Tania deLuzuriaga, Globe Staff | June 19, 2008
Gloucester school officials have discovered at least part of the reason that their high school pregnancy rate has more than quadrupled over the past year, according to a Time magazine story that hits newsstands today.
"Nearly half the expecting students, none older than 16, confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together," the magazine's story said, after reporters talked with Joseph Sullivan, Gloucester High School principal.
Seventeen girls at the 1,200-student Gloucester High have gotten pregnant over the school year, more than four times the average number. The spike has shocked and baffled education and health officials there and reignited a fierce debate about contraception in schools. But many told the Globe last month that the most alarming facts were that a significant portion of the expecting girls were 16 and younger and that some seemed to be intentional.
They holler abuse in Texas.
Anybody ever think that if the body wasn't meant to do something, it wouldn't be able to?
By the way, I like your wings, readers.
"More students are coming in and asking about pregnancy testing," the city's public health director, Jack Vondras, told the Globe last month. "What's odd is that some of them are disappointed because they're not getting pregnant."
You gotta love those girls -- because THEY LOVE LIFE!!!!!
Or they are looking for $$$?
In addition, at least some of the men involved in the pregnancies are in their mid-20s, a fact that prompted Mayor Carolyn Kirk of Gloucester to ask about statutory rape charges at last month's School Committee meeting.
Knew that was coming.
Kirk and other Gloucester officials could not be reached for comment last night, but Patricia Quinn, executive director of the Massachusetts Alliance on Teen Pregnancy, called the revelation, "distressing."
Adults in the city need to do a better job of showing teen girls a pathway to adulthood that includes something other than parenting, she said.
Ummm, rather not: The Role of Feminism in the New World Order
Hey, I didn't wan to believe it, but....
"When it comes to sex, a lot of communities struggle to be forthright," she said. "People in Gloucester need to look at using what feels like a crisis as an opportunity to improve services and support."
That's right!!
We have TRILLIONS for OCCUPATIONS and BILLIONS for BANKS and ISRAEL, so I think we can find a few dollars to CARE FOR GOD'S GREATEST GIFTS!!!!!!
