Yesterday, the American Academy of Pediatrics released the results of a study of conducted on teens aged 12 through 17, followed over the course of three years. The teenagers who saw the most flirting, sexual conversation and sex scenes on TV during that period of time were more than twice as likely to become pregnant, [...]
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The School Committee at the Gloucester, Mass. school where 17 teenage girls became pregnant amidst accusations of a “pregnancy pact” voted yesterday to allow the school’s health clinic to distribute contraceptives.
The school’s previous policy was to not provide contraceptive to it’s students. While other schools have a similar policy to not provide the pill or [...]
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The Baby Borrowers premiered on NBC on Wednesday night. The premise of the show is to give teenage couples a real baby to look after, so they can find out exactly what it’s like being parents.
The supposed aim is that teenagers will watch the show, and realize that being a mom or dad is [...]
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