Topic: Proof?
Army_Strong's photo
Thu 06/19/08 07:31 PM
That this country's morals are going to hell in a hand basket....

BOSTON - A Massachusetts city is investigating an apparent teenage "pregnancy pact" that has at least 17 high-school girls expecting babies, four times more than last year, including many aged 16 or younger.
A high school health clinic in the city of Gloucester became suspicious after seeing a surge in girls seeking pregnancy tests. Local officials said Thursday nearly half of those who became pregnant appear to have entered into a pact to have their babies together over the year.
"Some girls seemed more upset when they weren't pregnant than when they were," Gloucester High School principal Joseph Sullivan told Time magazine, which broke news of the pact on its Web site.
Sullivan was not immediately available to comment. But local officials said at least some of the men involved in the pregnancies were in their mid-20s, including one man who appeared to be homeless. Others were boys in the school.
Carolyn Kirk, mayor of the port city 30 miles northeast of Boston, said authorities are looking at whether to pursue statutory rape charges. "We're at the very early stages of wrestling with the complexities of this problem," she said.
"But we also have to think about the boys. Some of these boys could have their lives changed. They could be in serious, serious trouble even if it was consensual because of their age — not from what the city could do but from what the girls' families could do," she told Reuters.
Under Massachusetts law, it is a crime to have sex with anyone under the age of 16.
The ‘Juno’-Jamie Lynn effect?
"At the very least these men should be held responsible for financial support, if not put in jail for statutory rape as the mayor has suggested," Greg Verga, chairman of the Gloucester School Committee, told Reuters in a telephone interview.

Kleisto's photo
Thu 06/19/08 07:35 PM
You just now realized this? The moral breakdown started in the 60's.

PATSFAN's photo
Thu 06/19/08 07:36 PM
It was on the news this morning about teenage pregnancy being at an all time high!!

kk35695's photo
Thu 06/19/08 07:38 PM
Army ...s'up homeboy.drinker drinker drinker drinker drinker

Army_Strong's photo
Thu 06/19/08 07:41 PM

Army ...s'up homeboy.drinker drinker drinker drinker drinker


nm how about you? drinker drinker

Army_Strong's photo
Thu 06/19/08 07:42 PM

You just now realized this? The moral breakdown started in the 60's.


OK well I lied this artical doesnt really surprise me.. BUt the fact that atleast one of the men was homeless.. WHAT THE HELL!?!