Teen Pregnancy Losing Stigma: Report
It used to be that a teenager getting pregnant would cause a scandal and be hidden from public view. The baby would often be put up for adoption or raised surreptitiously as the mother of the affected teen's daughter.
That was then. But like most things from the Leave It To Beaver 50s, times have changed. And what was once considered a major vice is now an acceptable trend. The evidence: a disturbing increase in the number of teen pregnancies in both the U.S. and the U.K., the first such rise in more than a decade.
Alicia Edwards is just 19 and is expecting in April. She doesn't plan to move in with her boyfriend - the father - until both have finished high school. But she's keeping her baby. And she's not alone. "I do have a couple of friends who have just had babies within the last couple of months," she points out.
What's behind this sudden baby boom? Cathy Gulli, who's written a major cover piece for the new Maclean's Magazine, believes part of the acceptance is due to the growing influence of Hollywood celebrities.
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