Ellen Goodman: Pact or Not, Teen Pregnancy Is Still an Issue

Press Telegram › June 27, 2008

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Well now, isn't that a relief. The infamous "pregnancy pact" at Gloucester (Mass.) High School turns out to be an urban legend. The media mobs that descended on the fishing town may now pack up their cameras and their moral outrage.

It's all over, folks. Except for the 17 Gloucester girls in the late stages of pregnancy or early stages of motherhood.

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Ellen Goodman: Pact or Not, Teen Pregnancy Is Still an Issue

And except, of course, for the 140,000 other American girls between 15 and 17 who'll be having their own babies this year.

Let us review the feeding frenzy that seemed to please so many palates. The na...

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