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17 Teen Girls Agree to Get Pregnant Together
Officials Shocked at Gloucester High School
Last Edited: Thursday, 19 Jun 2008, 1:55 PM EDT
Created: Thursday, 19 Jun 2008, 1:55 PM EDT
Photo credit: karindalziel | Creative Commons License From MyFoxNational Reports
A pregnancy boom at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts is shocking many, and it's not necessarily because they didn't have access to birth control.
According to officials at the school, seventeen girls made a pact together to get pregnant at the same time and raise their kids together.
School principal Joseph Sullivan told Time Magazine, who first broke the story, that he started noticing something suspicious when the pregnancy rate had rose more than four times the school's average. He also observed more girls visiting the school clinic to get pregnancy tests.
"Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Sullivan said.
? Video: Reaction to High School Girls' Pregnancy (MyFoxBoston)
The girls slowly began revealing the truth to officials after they confronted them, none of whom are over 16 years of age. "We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy," Sullivan told Time.
Some of the other fathers are reportedly in their mid-20s, leading officials to explore statutory rape charges.
Why the girls would do something like this remains a mystery. But 18-year-old Amanda Ireland who gave birth her freshman year said many girls would tell her how lucky she was to have a baby.
"They're so excited to finally have someone to love them unconditionally," Ireland told Time. "I try to explain it's hard to feel loved when an infant is screaming to be fed at 3 a.m."
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17 Teen Girls Agree to Get Pregnant Together
Officials Shocked at Gloucester High School
Last Edited: Thursday, 19 Jun 2008, 1:55 PM EDT
Created: Thursday, 19 Jun 2008, 1:55 PM EDT
Photo credit: karindalziel | Creative Commons License From MyFoxNational Reports
A pregnancy boom at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts is shocking many, and it's not necessarily because they didn't have access to birth control.
According to officials at the school, seventeen girls made a pact together to get pregnant at the same time and raise their kids together.
School principal Joseph Sullivan told Time Magazine, who first broke the story, that he started noticing something suspicious when the pregnancy rate had rose more than four times the school's average. He also observed more girls visiting the school clinic to get pregnancy tests.
"Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Sullivan said.
? Video: Reaction to High School Girls' Pregnancy (MyFoxBoston)
The girls slowly began revealing the truth to officials after they confronted them, none of whom are over 16 years of age. "We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy," Sullivan told Time.
Some of the other fathers are reportedly in their mid-20s, leading officials to explore statutory rape charges.
Why the girls would do something like this remains a mystery. But 18-year-old Amanda Ireland who gave birth her freshman year said many girls would tell her how lucky she was to have a baby.
"They're so excited to finally have someone to love them unconditionally," Ireland told Time. "I try to explain it's hard to feel loved when an infant is screaming to be fed at 3 a.m."
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There is a search function that does work; or you can scan the topics on the first couple of pages.
But I guess that it is easier to just generate duplicate threads and wait for sarcastic remarks from a Moderator
Senior Anandtech Moderator
Common Courtesy
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