"There's a stunning twist to the sudden rise in teen pregnancies at Gloucester High School. 17 students there are expecting and, according to a published report, most of them became that way on purpose. Time Magazine is reporting that nearly half of the girls confessed to making a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together. None of the girls is older than 16." - Louis Gray

Nice. Just sent that one to Leslie. I'm SURE she'll have a comment since she loves Gloustah so much. - Cyndy

Babies having babies, very sad out look on our society. - Mike Fruchter

"We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy," he told Time. -- *shakes head* - Shey

Do they not realize that the babies don't have a very high chance of making it? - Jake (aka Jawee) from twhirl

"We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy." - WOW - Jason Runyan

yet another instance where "liking" this post just doesn't seem right - there isn't a "Burying face in hands" button is there? - Marco(aureliusmaximus)

It is said that the higher a Mammal, the longer the gestation period. I'm surprised SUCH are the levels of human intelligence that we've achieved with a gestation period of 9 months!!! - Parth Awasthi from twhirl

My senior year, there were 12 girls pregnant at my school. There were about 200 students at the school. So much for abstinence only. - Ha3rvey

They apparently wanted "unconditional love." Yet another problem with our BS romanticized culture. Heh. Shoulda got a puppy instead. - Tad, Anti-Immanentizer from fftogo

There were no girls at my HS. Boy, I was glad when University time rolled around! :) - Mathew A. Koeneker

After reading this I feel very relieved that I'm not a parent. Yikes! - m.0

Being a parent is the most rewarding thing I've ever done. I'm just happy I waited until my 20s to be one. - Tad, Anti-Immanentizer from fftogo

Blame the entertainment industry...obviously everyone involved was influenced by the movie "Juno". - cmiper

It's not just the teens, it's also the adults (and I use that term loosely). Gloucester is a drinking town with a fishing problem, among other things. Don't get me started... - Leslie Poston

There "are" no girls in my High School. - Yuvi

@Leslie there are quite a few towns in this area that this happens in (thinking West/South Western, MA) but they are used to it. Gloucester tries hard to not be Gloucester, with all of the rich communities surrounding it, but old habits die hard I guess. This is still a very high number for a class of 300 or so kids, their "usual 4 or so per year" is probably in par with the average public school. - cmiper