Monday, May 17, 2010

The Pregnancy Pact

Last night I caught the Lifetime original movie The Pregnancy Pact and was completely horrified. The plot follows a group of friends who all agree to become pregnant. Now, almost everything on Lifetime is pretty obscene but I literally laughed out loud when one 15 (FIFTEEN!) year old girl said, "So this is what it's like to be Jamie Lynn Spears". Another thought her mother would actually be proud and almost all of them thought having a baby would make their boyfriends stay. To think this is even remotely based on a true story makes my head ache. Schools and parents need to educate their children on more than just abstinence- several of the kids said they didn't know where to find condoms. I could go on and on but I'll leave you with this: