More and more teen moms are showing up in the media today, from celebrity pregnancies to the movie Juno (which I think I’ll write a nice rant about soon). Now the Republican candidate for Vice President of the US has announced that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant. Yes, that’s the party against abortion, birth control, [...]
Oral birth control, or “the pill”, has been around since the 1960s, and is currently the most popular form of birth control (yes, even more popular than the condom apparently). In 1996, when I got knocked up, condoms and the pill were really the only two birth control options available in my area.
Of course in [...]
I think I’ve mentioned her before, but I have to give some more link love to Violent Acres. For someone without kids of her own, she seems to have her finger on the pulse of what I call “incidental parenting”. You know, this trend of women half-heartedly cranking out children as a past-time, fashion accessory, [...]
For thousands of years teenagers have been giving into the urge to procreate, and there is no reason to think that anything you say to them will stop the trend from continuing. I would think that by now most people would have some understanding and acceptance of that idea, but I would be wrong.
I don’t [...]
I’ve been meaning to do this for a while now, and I guess I’ve finally got together enough nerve to actually start. I’m going to write some things about teen pregnancy; about my personal experiences and the opinions I’ve formed based on those experiences.
When the subject of my young motherhood comes up in conversation; people [...]
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