Mayor: No Proof of Pregnancy Pact

PlusMayor: No Proof of Pregnancy PactMayor: No Proof of Pregnancy PactThe Associated PressThe mayor of Gloucester said Monday there is no evidence a group of young girls made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together, seeking to dispel an explosive theory put forth by the high school principal. (June 23)Rumors are swirling that a group of young girls made a pact to get pregnant together... but is it true? The mayor of Gloucester, Massachusetts said there's no proof.13:13:55SOT: WE HAVE NOT BEEN ABLE TO CONFIRM THE EXISTENCE OF A PACT. Mayor Carolyn Kirk/GLOUCESTER, MASS The fishing town has been under national scrutiny after Gloucester High School Principal Joseph Sullivan told Time Magazine the girls planned to get pregnant together.13:19:40SOT: THE INFO FROM THE PRINCIPAL HASN'T BEEN VERIFIED BY ANY OTHER SOURCE. WE'RE TALKING TO THE FOLKS WHO WORK WITH CHILDREN ONE-ON-ONE AND THERE'S BEEN NO INDEPENDENT VERIFICATION OF THE ALLEGED PACT But Superintendent Christopher Farmer said the magazine article didn't distinguish how the alleged pact came about.13:31:46SOT: when i raised the question of whether there was a pact that a group of girls were collectively intending to become pregnant is a different than were there a group of pregnant girls who by virtue of their common circumstance came together to support each other christopher farmer/superintendent A closed-door meeting was held Monday between the mayor and city, school and health leaders. But Principal Sullivan was missing.13:24:25SOT: I WASN'T COMFORTABLE HAVING THE PRINCIPAL HERE B/C I HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO GET VERIFICATION ON HIS STATEMENTS FROM ANY OTHER SOURCE. But some folks in the town are calling on school and city officials to do more to find out whether the girls truly made a pregnancy pact.SOT: michele ameno/resident This year, 17 girls at the school became pregnant. That's four times more than generally become pregnant at the school.Sot: ray lamont/editor of glocester daily times The mayor says the spike in pregnancies is a private matter and out of respect for those involved refuses to provide more details. ___ ___, The Associated Press.

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[chocotwilight]

mayor is a fucking dumbass

[MankoLKR]

Regarding your comments about the pregnant girls in Gloucester High: high schools should not be made more "mommy-friendly" because high schoolers shouldn't be moms. If you can't understand this simple concept then I'm afraid no one can help you.

[routex7044]

bizarre stupid stupid girls if child protective services were to bring this to the courts attention perhaps the girls parental rights could be termanated and the babies raised by adults?? given that is a situation out of the ordinary an all

[OnlyTbone]

my taxes should not go toward supporting stupid people

[DragonFly122]

Yay! What we need in this world is a bunch of wild teens from the Maury Povich show.

[steph0546]

i dont knw y people are worried about if the pact was made or not i THINK that they should be worried about the babies and if the teens are able to take care of them or not just my thoughts

[nated289]

Mayor Kirk sux!

[starcrosslegends]

the only reason why their future is thrown away is that today's educational fairness discriminates against marriage and moms. Why can't we figure out ways to accommodate by offering an equal opportunity for them instead of shutting them out. They should be offered the same amount of chances and support that other individuals receive.

[starcrosslegends]

why don't we confront the issues that come with this like how are these girls going to continue their education if they want to and maybe we should make education more mommy friendly. You can't force them all to have abortions

[SailorBarsoom]

But the real news here is that the national media created a big huge stinky story out of something that never happened. The only evidence that this "pregnancy pact" ever existed was the principle saying it existed, and even he didn't claim to know the girls himself. It was always "somebody told me..."