"The Pregnancy Pact" Lifetime Original Movie - aired tonight!
By maezee
@maezee (41988)
United States
January 24, 2010 11:03pm CST
I was excited about this one because I absolutely LOVE most of Lifetime's Original Movies and ESPECIALLY the new ones - they're so good (mostly!) and much more open-minded than they used to be. This one touched on an issue of a group of high school girls in a small Massachusetts town who made a 'pregnancy pact' with their friends to all become pregnant (on purpose, and without their boyfriends knowing) at the same time and grow their kids up together. It also touched on the issue of whether or not contraception should be offered in school, or if that undermines the whole idea of promoting abstinence.
Any thoughts on this movie? Obviously it was one of a very controversial nature but also really interesting and discussion-worthy. I didn't know that this was even an issue around! Maybe I'm just getting old, though.. If any of you caught this tonight, what did you think of the movie? What aspects did you like, dislike, agree with, or disagree with? Or have questions about?
And if you haven't seen the movie - feel free to respond with your opinions & experiences anyway! Have you ever heard of such a thing - "pregnancy pacts"? And what amenities do you think schools are responsible for providing for teen mothers? (The school in the movie provided a DAY CARE for students with kids!) And do you think it's acceptable for schools to give contraceptive to teens who request it?
I'd love to hear your thoughts!
6 responses
@Hunter321 (8)
• United States
26 Jan 10
I saw the movie and read the article and Im not much older than the ages the girls are and I just can't picture myself having or wanting kids at this stage in my life. The article surprised me I mean a pact to be teen moms what kind of evil mind comes up with that. I have nothing against teen parents who work hard and take responsibilty for their actions but that whole situation is different. The movie made it seem like a girl got pregnant and didn't want to be the only one so she influenced her friends to do the same. If this is at all true my question is why on earth did the friends allow someone to influence to that degree. The whole thought of a bunch of girls who aren't even old enough to take care of themselves but trying to take care of another being is sad and just makes you shake your head at the generation and I'm somewhat apart of that generation and I don't want people to see me as apart of a sadening generation.
@butterfly2009 (23)
• United States
25 Jan 10
Oh I missed it! I hope it comes on again soon? Anyone know if it does or not?
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
25 Jan 10
I didn't see the movie, but wasn't this based on a true story that happened 2-3 years ago? This is not a new thing that happened. I don't know why it took Lifetime so long to come out with a movie on the topic.
School shouldn't provide daycares - they shouldn't go out of their way to help teen parents. In cases where the mom in punished - that dad should be too!
I know you can't control 100% what people do, but I think we were all better off when becoming a teen/single mom was looked down upon.
@shaggin (72184)
• United States
25 Jan 10
Yes I have heard of pregnancy pacts and I think that anytime that a teen purposefully gets pregnant is a really bad idea. Someone needs to be mature and ready to have a child not just have a child just because their friends are doing it or think it'll be fun. Children are a huge responsibilty. I dont have lifetime on my television. We only get basic cable so we dont get a lot of channels. When we did used to have full cable I LOVED watching lifetime. That was my favorite channel. They have wonderful movies. I actually know of two people that had a pregnancy pact and had babies at the same time. That is awesome that the school in the movie provided day care for the mothers and children to use while the students were at school. I never thought a school would do that. Now was this a true story of fictional? Every year our school had a few pregnant teenagers but nothing to much. 2 or three a year. We have quite a small school though so the statistics might be higher when you take the number of students by the number of pregnant teens.
@momz2gd (295)
• Yucaipa, California
25 Jan 10
I forgot to watch that, man! I wanted to watch it so bad! I think it may have been a true movie because when Jamie Lynn Spears got pregnant, a whole mess of girls got pregnant! I guess they thought it was cool! In my own life, I am going to school to major in Sociology and so I can help young pregnant women. As for schools, my school provided a daycare and it worked out. They way ours worked out was: It was a support group, they parenting topics, they must check on their kids at lunch! It wasn't a place to drop your baby off and then go hang with their buddies! They had to participate in the program! I liked it better that way! It's an iffy situation for schools to give a child birth control! I guess some kids are too scared, but I would like to decide with my children! I think maybe there should be parenting classes for the parents of adolescent years. That way parents know what to expect!
@UpsideDownPineapple (643)
• United States
25 Jan 10
I missed the movie but I've heard of the girls story. They're were so many people talking about it and I don't really understand why. It's not like it's a new "trend"(I don't think it will become one). I think these girls were really, extremely, can't-take-it-anymore-let's-do-anything-to feel-better bored.
Some people may think I sound stupid in saying that but the people who say that are probably people that are not bored, have things to do, things planned for themselves. Or things they plan to do for others. But when you don't have anything to do - I guess sometimes people get creative in a sort of crazy way.
This was one small group of girls that wanted to do something to "bond" with each other and they didn't care, well, they were too immature to care, about how it affected their lives nor their families, boyfriends or even the babies.
This has very little to do with general issue teen pregnancy since it was on purpose.
