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The Associated Press
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Published: Fri, June 20, 2008 - 10:39 am
Last Updated: Fri, June 20, 2008 - 10:44 am
GLOUCESTER, Mass. (AP) - A spike in pregnancies at aMassachusetts high school is being blamed at least in part on an
agreement between a group of girls to intentionally get pregnant.
Time magazine quotes the principal of Gloucester (GLAH'-stur)
High as saying the girls decided to get pregnant and raise their
babies together. The number of pregnancies at the school jumped
from the usual four per year to 17.
Principal Joseph Sullivan tells the magazine that the girls were
making frequent stops at the school clinic for pregnancy tests and
"seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they
were." He says when some of the girls found out they were
pregnant, they traded high fives and talked about baby showers.
The school district's superintendent says the girls involved
generally "lack self-esteem," and have a lack of love in their
lives. One of the fathers is identified as a 24-year-old homeless
man.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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