The WTF Files

[Bornieo: Fully Loaded]

File this under the subfile - Slightly out of control.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050902/ap_on_he_me/teen_pregnancies

CANTON, Ohio - Thirteen percent of the female students at Timken Senior High School in Ohio are pregnant. High school senior Monica Selby thought she would be busy this year planning for college, not preparing for the birth of her first child.

[AllyOops!]

Holy cow, devastating. :(

Along with their youth comes naive statements befitting of their tender ages.

"It can happen to anybody no matter who you are, not just bad girls," she said. ( a comment made by 8 months pregnant Raechel Hinton, a High School Sophomore.)

Who knew all of our mothers had to fit the prerequisite of "bad gal" status before birthing us?

Still, I understand such a comment comes from a young girl who's going to be forced to grow up awfully fast.

[Kevy Baby]

I knew the answer wouldn't be too hard to find

Joanne Hinton, whose 16-year-old daughter, Raechel Hinton, is eight months pregnant, said she believes the school's abstinence-based sex education program isn't enough.

"It's time to take the blinders off and realize that these kids are having sex," she said. "Obviously, abstinence is not working. If we have to, just give them condoms."

Abstinence-based programs have been growing nationwide at schools over the past few years. In Ohio, the Bush's administration and the state's health department have awarded $32 million in grants to Ohio agencies for abstinence education since 2001."Okay kids, don't have sex. Even though your raging hormones and peer pressure are driving you insane wanting to." There, that should be a sufficient Sex education program. :rolleyes:

Raechel, who plans to return to the 10th grade at Timken after delivering and completing an adoption, said many students are sexually active and need more information about birth control.Ya think?!?

[Ghoulish Delight]

These girls just need to stop using the three pronged approach.