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teen pregnancy

July 16th 2010

Attention Hollywood: Bring Back the Real Best Friends

- Laura Sessions Stepp

This piece is cross-posted from The Huffington Post.

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It's a scene hard to forget: a 16-year-old girl early in an unplanned pregnancy, alone and leaning up against a junky trailer somewhere in west Texas. Has anyone sadder looking been on television recently than Becky Sproles in last week's episode of Friday Night Lights?

April 2nd 2010

Health Reform as We See It

- Jessica Swafford

This piece is cross-posted from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy's blog, Pregnant Pause. Jessica Swafford is the Campaign's Assistant Director of Policy.

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So there's been a significant amount of buzz about health reform, but the real question is, what does it mean for you? Given our focus on teen and unplanned pregnancy prevention, we thought it would be helpful to give you the scoop as we see it...

The General High Points

January 28th 2010

Grey's Anatomy Teen Pregnancy Palooza

- Lauren Mann

Everyone loves a Grey’s Anatomy/Private Practice crossover and this past week’s back to back episodes were chock full of drama and, just our luck, teen pregnancy. As Mark Sloan (Big Sloan) grapples with the notion of becoming a father and grandfather at the same time, his daughter, Sloan Riley (Little Sloan) questions her ability to become a mother when she is still a child herself. When a medical condition further complicates the situation, Big Sloan asks Little Sloan to stay with him (and Lexie) after the baby is born and they will all take care of him together. Three generations of Sloans living together as one, big McSteamy family. How quaint!

December 11th 2009

Teen Moms Are Everywhere--and Some of Them Aren't Teens

- Lauren Mann

MTV’s new show Teen Mom premiered last week and introduced us to the difficulties involved with actually raising a child after pregnancy and delivery. Farrah wants to date, Maci and Ryan are attempting to get along and plan a wedding, Amber is trying to find balance in her life with baby Leah and boyfriend Gary, and Catelynn and Tyler are working to get back to normal after their adoption experience.

October 9th 2009

How "Teen" Is Nineteen?

- Laura Sessions Stepp

Even before it hits the newsstands, November’s Teen Vogue has people talking.

Why? Because the cover displays two 19-year-old supermodels, one of whom, Jourdan Dunn, is pregnant.

Critics say Dunn shouldn’t be there because she is a role model for teen girls. She makes pregnancy look cool - and there are way too many pregnant teens already.