Comments on: Pregnant Massachusetts teen says there was no “pregnancy pact”

By: kate

kate — Mon, 30 Jun 2008 18:10:03 +0000

seems to me that if these 17 year old girls were pregnant but married nobody would report on it. really it’s the fact that these girls are unwed that send people into a tizzy. stupid.

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By: Amanda

Amanda — Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:05:38 +0000

A side not on Depo shot. It’s not always effective. My younger sister got pregnant at 17, and almost half of her graduating class (if she had graduated) got pregnant within 6 months of recieving the depo shot. I wouldn’t trust that shot for anything, if I didn’t want to get pregnant.

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By: ALISON

ALISON — Sat, 28 Jun 2008 07:34:21 +0000

You can’t just blame the school! Is there a Planned Parenthood clinic near by? They give them out like nothing….any kind you want! I guess their parents forgot to watch Dr. Phil that day!

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By: jt

jt — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 22:38:18 +0000

it’s sad it is. in louisiana they start teaching sex ed in 7th grade. they even have a sex ed meeting for the parents. they don’t wait till highschool to give the egg baby projects. If they started that youbg in other state this probbally wouldn’t happen.

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By: Michele

Michele — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 04:12:06 +0000

It’s sad the kids feel they have nothing else and want to bring kids into that same stifling hopeless environment. Here’s a pact, let’s all help each other get condoms, get the shot if we can’t take the pill on schedule, and graduate. We can then plan for school or a job and support each other efforts to move beyond whatever limited futures we see now. We’ll even encourage the boys to do the same thing and we won’t have any babies until we can afford to take care of them financially and emotionally. And while the administration won’t let the doc or nurse hand out condoms, everyone seems to have found out how to share some free love. If they were too ashamed to go to a drug store how about ordering over the net or getting those inserts and the guys get the condoms?

They should not be filing charges on any boys the same age as the girls or there should be prosecution of girls and boys. I’m sure there are some negligence laws or other wrist slaps. Oh that’s right having babies, hopefully no multiples, will be punishment enough for them.

Juno was just a movie with a decent theme about selflessness and Jamie Spears has plenty of cash to take care of a few kids. The townies, not so much!

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By: Anne

Anne — Thu, 26 Jun 2008 00:23:52 +0000

We live in a prude society, convinced that if we discuss sex, REAL sex, not TV or movie or music video sex, that kids are going to rip off their clothes and do it. But it’s quite the opposite. The more informed the conversation, the more informed the teen.

I agree with this statement completely. What child/teen wants a baby, really? Very few if they know what it actually entails. How will they know? We educate them. What child wants a disease that could kill or impair them forever? None would, so we tell them all about it. In an age appropriate manner of course.

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By: frogirl1978

frogirl1978 — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 17:48:13 +0000

No unplanned pregnancies? You people are ridiculous. first off, condoms break and girls often miss taking the pill. Second, LOADs of teenagers have sex and don’t use condoms.Oftentimes the girls is embarrassed to ask. Yes, in an ideal world, if you are uninhibited enough to have sex, then you can talk about condoms. this is not the case. I know lots of adult women who are shy to talk to their partners about their bodies, or what they like, or even use the word vagina, so why fault a 15 year old for being shy about asking about condoms?
I also came from an economically depressed town and I had sex with my boyfriend because we were bored and it seemed fun. So maybe there were no good movies out this year, or the movie theater closed, or their parents had less money to take the girls shopping, so they entertained themselves with sex. We need better education. And free condoms and showing people how to use them in sex ed classes.

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By: lola

lola — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 15:13:17 +0000

Its hot in here!

This reminds me of a school in Vietnam where I went to work during my gap year, one male teacher made 28 girls, (yes T.W.E.N.T.Y ef-ing E.I.G.H.T) pregnant. When I heard, I was flabbergasted (mild term), so many questions, how was he going to look after the kids, they were all under age, was he going to jail? And the girls, what would happen to them? Actually, I never found out what happened to them and him.

Now on this story, clearly these kids have no sense of worth or purpose. Most kids today don’t. Their babies will not have a sense of purpose either and the cycle will continue.

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By: Cindy Kennedy

Cindy Kennedy — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:41:18 +0000

I think this young girl is wrong to blame the school for the fact she got pregnant. Its not the school’s fault, its her own fault. She chose her actions. So what if the school does not hand out contraceptives? That is not their job. Their job is to provide an education.

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By: silentA

silentA — Wed, 25 Jun 2008 14:25:06 +0000

Thanks Bodhi!

I didn’t have sex until after my 18th birthday, and I was one of the last of my frends. To be honest, I was completely prepared, and it is one of my fondest memories.

And the fact of the matter is that kids are getting sexually active earlier and earlier, and they need comprehensive education!

my fiance’s 11 year old sister overheard girls on her softball team talking about getting fingered and giving BJs.

Are you kidding me?

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