wtf?

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"BOSTON — At least 17 girls at the public high school in the seaside town of Gloucester, Mass., are expecting babies, and a Time magazine report says nearly half became pregnant after making a pact to do so and raise the children together. Local officials reached Thursday would not confirm the existence of such a pact but acknowledged that many of the 17 pregnancies — a total four times as many as last school year at the 1,200-student school — had been intentional. "I've heard some of them were not accidents; some of them were pleased when they got the results," said Greg Verga, a member of the Gloucester School Committee. "I did hear that there were cases where a teen went in several times for pregnancy tests and seemed depressed when it was negative." Joseph Sullivan, the principal of the school, Gloucester High, could not be reached for comment. But Time quoted him as saying that of the pregnant students, almost half, none older than 16, had engaged in the pact. Reached on Thursday, Mayor Carolyn Kirk said the existence of such an agreement was "believable, in the sense that it would explain this spike" in teenage pregnancies. Kirk, a member of the school committee, also said that some of those who impregnated the students were men in their mid-20s. Gloucester is a fishing town of 30,000 that is encountering hardships with the decline of the fishing industry. "This is a city in transition going through a hard economic time," Kirk said. "There are cuts in economic programs, cuts in services, cuts in after-school programs, and they're all impacting the social climate. We really let these kids down." "It's the social environment these girls are coming from," she added. "They think that a baby can give them love or give them status or fill an empty space in their life, and these girls are very, very young. And I think if you talk to any teenage mother who is caring for an infant, the road is not easy." The surge in teenage pregnancy has brought a heated debate over contraception and education in Gloucester, which is heavily Roman Catholic. The school clinic's medical director and its chief nurse practitioner both resigned in May after the hospital that administers grants for the clinic opposed making contraceptives available to students. The clinic does not distribute contraceptives, and Gloucester High School's health curriculum has been cut for budget reasons, meaning there is no sex education, Kirk said. Meanwhile, in addition to the 17 girls known to be pregnant, others continue to arrive at the clinic asking for pregnancy tests. The school committee is now considering educational programs on teenage pregnancy and weighing whether the clinic should distribute contraceptives. Kirk has instructed her health director to compile information about the issue from the state, other agencies and independent experts. She said the committee hoped to have a policy regarding education, contraception and related services in place by the start of the next school year. "It's very complicated," she said. "There are many layers, and I am insisting on a process where the school committee can explore all of the layers, get good information, find out what works in other communities and come to a good decision on behalf of our children." "

their fathers must not have heard of shotguns.

6/19/2008 11:37:20 PM

yea its coming on good morning america tomorrow

6/19/2008 11:37:35 PM

anyone seen gargs?

6/19/2008 11:42:37 PM

i hate most americans anyways so i figure they might as well let this pass

6/19/2008 11:42:44 PM

I AM NOT THE FATHER

6/19/2008 11:43:24 PM

yeah, I saw that on CNN this morning

that's some crazy shit. apparently they made a pact to get preggers or something


just feeding the cycle of poverty

6/19/2008 11:43:44 PM

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"HIGH SCHOOL PREGNANCY"

6/19/2008 11:44:27 PM

its crazy g, crazy.

6/19/2008 11:45:37 PM

heard something bout this on the radio on my way back to Raleigh this evening - some girls called in saying they were "doing it too, we're all in it together"... had no clue what it was about until now.

thanks tdub for answering yet another question for me.

6/19/2008 11:46:15 PM

worthless without pics

6/19/2008 11:46:25 PM

what I don't get is how the girl that slept with the 24 year old homeless man to get pregnant

I mean, WTF?! Where in the world did she think money was going to come from to support that child?

6/19/2008 11:46:25 PM

on the commercial for the good morning america tomorrow it says "could this be a new trend??"

that made me

i mean its fucked up, but now they're going to convince everyone that their teenage daughters are all going to do the same thing.

6/19/2008 11:47:00 PM

I blame Britney's little sister.

6/19/2008 11:48:12 PM

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html

6/19/2008 11:53:04 PM

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"Then the story got worse. "We found out one of the fathers is a 24-year-old homeless guy," the principal says, shaking his head. "

Got him some

6/19/2008 11:59:27 PM

BITCHES
IS
CRAZY

6/20/2008 12:02:07 AM

hmmm...


anyone got a homeless outfit i can borrow ?

6/20/2008 12:05:45 AM

Too bad you missed my post in the Soap Box.

6/20/2008 12:08:17 AM

This officially ends the debate of whether boys are smarter than girls.

6/20/2008 12:08:43 AM

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"17 pregnancies — a total four times as many"

So 4 and a quarter girls got pregnant last year. I guess she only made it to first base.

[Edited on June 20, 2008 at 12:26 AM. Reason : hmm]

6/20/2008 12:25:45 AM

^^pretty much

6/20/2008 12:26:28 AM

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"some of those who impregnated the students were men in their mid-20s"

yeah, 'cuz they'll hang around

6/20/2008 12:33:38 AM

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"This officially ends the debate of whether boys are smarter than girls. "

does it? because if that was insinuating that boys win...well...i don't think the people that impregnated teenage girls can really be labeled "smart"

plus we all know where their money is going for the next 18 years

so i'm not sure if its so much boys v. girls as it is 34 really fucking stupid people. maybe less if one of the 20 something males (for example the 24 year old homeless guy) did double duty with the pact makers.

6/20/2008 12:35:41 AM

You're missing the whole point. They did it with 16 year olds...they winth

[Edited on June 20, 2008 at 12:39 AM. Reason : the goal of male animlas is to spread seed. mission accomplished at the end of the day]

6/20/2008 12:38:07 AM

oh yeah, that was me.

forgot about that night, its all a little hazy. i slept for days after

6/20/2008 12:38:25 AM

^^ so that makes them smart?

6/20/2008 12:38:58 AM

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"plus we all know where their money is going for the next 18 years "

im sure the homeless guy is going to care.

6/20/2008 12:40:45 AM

I wonder if they formed a facebook group first

6/20/2008 12:41:53 AM

true, maybe he won't have to care about the baby.

but what happens if one of the girls cries rape. 24 - 16 = illegal??

this is a crazy story indeed.

6/20/2008 12:42:28 AM

Yes Katherine, they are smart because they fulfilled their fantasies. Maybe not smart in a good way but they definitely won this match I'd say. The girls could have at least got preg by someone who would have to pay more. They are awarded no points.

6/20/2008 12:42:47 AM

the fact that they fucked a homeless guy proves that


girls are dumber than guys..... its just the ultimate proof

no denying it. and plus, you know im way smarter than you

6/20/2008 12:45:36 AM

yea i totally forgot about that part. good point.

6/20/2008 12:46:05 AM

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"anyone got a homeless outfit i can borrow ? "

hahah DING

6/20/2008 12:49:58 AM

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"I wonder if they formed a facebook group first"

LOL

I was being facetious about the boys vs. girls thing.

6/20/2008 12:59:15 AM

If I was one of the guys that got them pregnant, I would take this shit to court. It's pretty unprecedented and I feel like there would be at least a decent chance to get out of all responsibility because these girls were being so stupid with a decent lawyer.

6/20/2008 1:02:37 AM

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"unprecedented"

Exactly. Would NEVER hold up.

6/20/2008 1:05:01 AM

what?

6/20/2008 1:05:31 AM

hahaha. you'd be surprised. maybe with the baby (and that is a maybe at best). but the age thing? are you really going to waltz in somewhere and be like "yea i totally fucked a 16 year old. but she WANTED to get pregnant. oh yea ps i'm 25"

maybe not so much a good idea.

[Edited on June 20, 2008 at 1:08 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2008 1:06:41 AM

Yeah, but all of them probably didn't have sex with 20 year old dudes. Most of the guys were probably in high school, in which case this could very seriously fuck up their lives for a long while.

As for that homeless dude, good for him. Some stupid ass 16 year old girl wants to get pregnant and you luck up and stumble upon that shit... It's not exactly like he has a whole lot to lose.

6/20/2008 1:09:57 AM

maybe not monetarily but statutory rape depending on the state??? no??

and i was just going by what the article said "some of the men who impregnated these women were in their mid-20s" i took some to mean more than one. so yea, they could be fucked in a lot of different respects.

and i don't see how these guys being in highschool (if some of them were) gets them out of any liability. so they fucked a girl that wanted to get pregnant. they still fucked her. i think at 17 you know that sex is where babies come from. apparently none of them were too keen on using condoms either. unless the girls were like "blah blah i'm on birth control" which if they wanted babies could have happened. i'm just saying. obviously everyone is on the side of the men so i am just playing devil's advocate.

[Edited on June 20, 2008 at 1:14 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2008 1:12:18 AM

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"anyone got a homeless outfit i can borrow ?"

yeah i lawled too

6/20/2008 1:13:13 AM

some parents need to be stompin some ass in that town.

6/20/2008 1:15:26 AM

^^^ I'm just thinking that there are similar cases where a woman gets pregnant on purpose by tricking the man into it. There is no evidence that this is the case though because the only evidence would be an admittance by the woman which basically means the man is responsible for the child. In this case though, there is actual evidence that these girls purposefully misled men into getting them pregnant and I think with a decent lawyer you could get out of being a father to that child if you so chose to do so.

The statutory rape thing still holds up though for some of those dudes.

6/20/2008 1:23:36 AM

what?? get out of being a father

its not like some guy came on his sock, threw it in the trash and someone dug thru the garbage to find it and shoved it in her pussy and hoped for conception. If he fucked her, hes responsible, its no secret that childbirth is a side effect of fucking.

6/20/2008 1:27:53 AM

^hahahahahahaha

^^ oh no i agree. i just think it would be hard for a 16 year old to "deceive" a mid-20 year old man. like they wouldn't be on equal ground. he should be older and wiser and blah blah. but yea its fucked up i mean i don't agree with it i'm just saying.

[Edited on June 20, 2008 at 1:31 AM. Reason : .]

6/20/2008 1:29:36 AM

Yeah, good fucking luck with that. If you fucked her, you're responsible. Is it immoral as fuck to lie about being on BC, and good grounds for divorce? Fuck yeah, but the kid shouldn't have to pay for the sins of the mother.

Ultimately, the rights and needs of the child outweigh the wants of the irresponsible fucker.

6/20/2008 1:31:32 AM

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"its no secret that childbirth is a side effect of fucking."

and it takes two to tango. this whole situation is fucked up. but the girls clearly should be held responsible for some of the blame

6/20/2008 1:31:41 AM

oh they are. i don't think they're gonna feel great when they have a fatherless bastard child tearing through their vaginias in 9 months

and plus...the girl that fucked the homeless guy? yeaaa...she might want an std test.

6/20/2008 1:33:08 AM

one time I had a nightmare where this girl was having my kid and i was in my apt and her dad was banging on my door telling me she was going to have a kid.


worst nightmare of my life.

6/20/2008 1:35:53 AM

I thought you had a kid

6/20/2008 1:37:24 AM