Girls' film on teen pregnancy airing nationally

AP ^ | May 8, 2005 | Lynn Brezosky

[darthmandible]

OK, so their are uneducated girls having sex and getting pregnant. That is sad. But what about that girl having her SECOND kid? No pity from me.

[LibFreeOrDie]

"Experts attribute the high rate to lack of knowledge about contraception..."

Please! They've never seen boxes of Trojans in their local drugstores? You don't even have to ask the pharmacist for them anymore.

"... and a cultural acceptance of young parents in a region that's 90 percent Hispanic.

Well, then no change in the "law" is going to overcome that.

[mlc9852]

They don't want your pity. They just want your tax dollars.

[CindyDawg]

I have no problem with these girls making this film. I do have problems with it being shown in public schools. There is no such thing as "safe sex" and the schools are actually promoting sex by encouraging condoms IMO. Sex education is a parents job.

[CounterCounterCulture]

"safe sex" = oxymoron

abstinence works 100% of the time it's tried.

[madprof98]

I did a little search for two related terms: "Scenarios USA" and "Planned Parenthood." Amazing how many times those terms came together.

[Texan]

Yeah.....you can't put the "toothpaste" back in the tube.

And I don't believe they don't know about contraception.

Even a bird is smart enough to not lay and egg without a nest.

[bigLusr]

"Toothpaste" features two teen girls' decisions on whether to have sex with their boyfriends. Jennifer and her boyfriend, who have been dating a year, decide to wait. Cristina decides to have unprotected sex with her boyfriend of three weeks after he says he loves her.

Looks to me like a good presentation of the choice young women have. Wait or risk getting pregnant. If it showed a third couple that used "toothpaste" I'd have a problem with it being shown in school. I have no problem with this, though.

[Chappaquiddick Crawdad]

named "Toothpaste" in reference to a teen code word for condoms

"Toothpaste"? wtf?

I guess you learn something new every day...

[Bushforlife]

In this area with such a high child pregnancy rate, where are the parents of these children who are getting pregnant? Why aren't these children supervised and guided?

Perhaps if there were legal charges of child neglect brought against some of the parents of these unwed new parents their cultural mores would change in a jiffy.

[CindyDawg]

That's what I said. If a parent wants to show it to their kids, that's fine. IMO the schools should get out of the sex business and get back to teaching our kids to read and write.

[Chappaquiddick Crawdad]

...including the valedictorian with her second child...

Now that right there tells you something about this school's--(ehem) skrool's--academic standards.

[AQGeiger]

Kids in public schools practically have condoms thrown at them. Considering all the time and money spent teaching kids about "safe sex," perhaps it's not a matter of ignorance. Perhaps they just don't care.

[nothingnew]

They don't want your pity. They just want your tax dollars.

heh heh heh...That is all any pols want...it's called a "MO"...modus operandi...the only difference between any of them is how they present it.

You get to choose!....Heart attack(D) or cancer(R)?

FMCDH(BITS)

[velyrorenry]

NY or MA?

[StarCMC]

And that's the VALEDICTORIAN. What about the poor girl getting all D's?? YIKES!

[StarCMC]

You will DEFINITELY get flamed for that! Ha!

[muir_redwoods]

4 years after starting high school in the Hartford CT public school system more girls have babies than have diplomas.