Teen girls made pact to get pregnant and raise their children together

DAILY NEWS STAFF
Thursday, June 19th 2008, 3:05 PM

A group of teenage girls made a solemn pact - not to be friends forever, go to the prom together or try out for a sports team.

They agreed to get pregnant. And they kept their promise.

Seventeen girls at Gloucester High School in Massachusetts are expecting babies, Time.com first reported.

None of the mothers-to-be, who are planning to raise their babies together, are over age 16. One of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless man.

In a typical year, the school has about 4 pregnancies among its 1,200 students.

Schools Superintendent Christopher Farmer said the girls "lack self-esteem and have a lack of love in their life," in an interview with local news station WBZTV.

School officials discovered the pact after they noticed a spike in the number of girls requesting pregnancy tests at their health clinic.

"Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Joseph Sullivan, the school's principal, told Time.

A girl who had a baby during her freshman year and recently graduated from the school explained to the magazine her own theory about the unusual decision.

"They're so excited to finally have someone to love them unconditionally," Amanda Ireland, 18, said. "I try to explain it's hard to feel loved when an infant is screaming to be fed at 3 a.m."

The school, which encourages teenage mothers to stay in school with on-site day-care, is currently reviewing its policies on contraception and sex-education classes.

In response to the rash of pregnancies, the school’s nurse practitioner and medical director wanted to start distributing birth control without parental consent. After the town’s mayor protested, they quit.

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From the NY Daily News:

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One of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless man.

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Schools Superintendent Christopher Farmer said the girls "lack self-esteem and have a lack of love in their life," in an interview with local news station WBZTV.

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horatio said:

EYE MEAN THIS IN NO DISRESPECT TO YOU. BUT, WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? THERE ARE ALREADY ENOUGH MOTHERLESS CHILDREN OUT THERE, AND THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN 17 MORE TO BREAK INTO YOUR HOUSE, KILL MORE PEOPLE AND DO OTHER TERRIBLE THINGS BECAUSE THEY DIDN'T HAVE PARENTS TO TELL THEM THAT THOSE THINGS ARE WRONG.

Brilliant, just fucking brilliant. Show me the mother and I'll show you the child ( for the most part) Thus, 17 more brilliant children to enter the plant and so on and so forth....

Now I want to tie my tubes and i'm not even the one that's pregnant!

KidaDynamite said:

Anal sex is a very natural form of birth control.

Muse2NOPharaoh said:

sorry not sure why I found that so funny LOL