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Exploding Myths About Teen Pregnancy

Carol Platt Liebau | June 30, 2008 10:02 AM

The girls in Gloucester with the "pregnancy pact" did more than shock the nation -- they exploded myths that are widely held (especially on the left) about the reasons for teen pregnancy, as my Townhall column points out.

No, it wasn't because they didn't have "access" to contraceptives -- or because they were poor and "hopeless." The issue runs much deeper than that.