Two years ago a group of teens made a pregnancy pact to all get pregnant at the same time, the entire world went nuts when this news was released but I think it was worse because many were actually pregnant with the pact was revealed.
On Saturday, January 23, 2010, Lifetime will be airing a brand new movie. This movie is one some of you may dread while others will find it welcoming. The Pregnancy Pact is about this exact pact from 2008 when the Gloucester High School Group of teens came out.
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One journalist decided to write up the story and form it into a movie. Now parents all over will be able to sit down and watch this movie with their own teens and possibly discuss the topic. Here’s a description of the movie below:
…the film explores the costs of teen pregnancy with a story of a fictional “pregnancy pact” set against the backdrop of actual news reports about teen pregnancy from June 2008. Sidney Bloom (Thora Birch), an on-line magazine journalist, returns to her hometown to investigate the sudden spike in teenage pregnancies at her old high school. Almost immediately, she comes up against Lorraine Dougan (Nancy Travis), the head of the local conservative values group and mother of Sara, a newly pregnant 15-year-old. Meanwhile, the school nurse (Camryn Manheim) tries to convince the school to provide contraception to students to address the pregnancy epidemic but is met with great opposition from the school and community. As the number of pregnant girls climbs to 18, a media firestorm erupts when Time Magazine reports that the rise in the number of pregnancies at the school is the result of a “pregnancy pact.”
Once again, will you be watching this with your teen?
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