I'm a 16 year old girl in West Virginia, I've seen about two teen pregnancies so far here in my 5 years here. Scare tactics don't work, all it does is makes kids want to rebel. No media is ever going to influence us as much as scare tactics, and the word "no" does.

Sydney, Shepherdstown, USA

Fewer kids would be having kids if the laws were tougher... no government subsidy, no cheap daycare, no food stamps, no welfare, no medicare... monitor them... and if they do not provide for their kids in the 1st 6 months, have CAS step in and put the kids in mandatory adoption with parents who can!

Kay, Toronto, Canada

I am 20 years old and i have a 9 month old baby boy. I love my son to death but i wish i would have wited to have him, i am a single mother and it is hard. These girls have know idea what they r getting them selfs into. most of them are not even old enough to get a job.......

Ashlynn, Bay City, USA

Honestly looking at these huge results why is it up to the school to fix it? Why doesn't the town get a family planning clinic. But if the teens are determined to get pregnant nothing will stop them. Hold them responsible! Both girls&&boys. Its not a fair life on parents or children!!!

Amy W, Auckland, NZ

I am 16 years old and had a baby boy recently and my school has a daycare and it is ran in shifts buy the students and two older ceritfied daycare instructors this isn't a free thing the tax payers dont pay for our day care we to its 60 dollars a week and its seperate from the schools finacing

Jezsica, grand junction, USA

im now 16 years old myself && i had a baby boy at 15.its is not easy nor cheap. Its not just about dressing them up && what not . its difficult to get heath insurance. Im not with the father. I believe you have to be mature to have a baby and when your my age your immature. I hope these girls learn

christa, delta, united states

The U.S needs to wake up!
The government makes it to easy for these young parents to have babies. The school has a daycare center! As a taxpayer that annoy's me. The school daycare should be paid for by the teenager and his/her parents. These kids need to take care of their mistakes!!!

Pattie, Illinois, USA

This is rediculus....what are these girls thinking? They need some sense smacked in them. The media cannot be blamed for it all...yeah it influences but ultimitly it's there choice. I dont believe they fully understand the decision they have made. They will learn in time that it was stupid.

JustMe, Virginia, US

Come on people... this is the information age! You can't blame the media for all life's problems. Face the fact that we HAVE to teach the next generation to behave appropriately WITH the vast amount of information, good and bad, that they will inevitably receive.

Pamela, Columbus, NE, USA

this is so terrible that these girls just woke up one morning and decide to make a pack to get pregnant like come . And were are the parents while this is happening . the girls are still kids themself they cannot raise a baby at 15years old most of them are not mature enought to make a good decision

nina, george town, U.S.A

These girls needed better sex education. that goes without saying. for the rest of us there is that new show Baby Borrowers that shows teens who are willing to practice feeding and bathing babies, without actually having them... one step at a time

Gary Grant, Long Beach, USA

if they would start prosecuting the teen boys/fathers for stat. rape then this rise in teen preg. would decrease sharply. At this point these 14-17 year old fathers can't even pay child support because there babies too and don't have jobs. So hold these boy and both parties PARENTS responsible.

Jennifer, middletown, usa

The moral fabric of American contiunes to fray.

Dave, Nahant, Ma

30 years ago I was a Gloucester High student & there were 3 pregnancies in 4 yrs. Raised and loved by a great single mom,the youngest of 5 children,I knew the way out of that situation. Dream,study,hard work, college, birth control and get out of there! I tell my daughters the same thing, often.

Amy, Keene, USA

The Baby Borrowers! It would have helped, they should all watch.

Sharon Tillman, Atlanta, USA

Amy, Catford, UK - Are you serious? Far as I know, there is not an pregnancy epidemic in the US amongst teenagers.

By the way, that is a catholic town in Mass., It is not surprising young women are not using birth control.

Nalini, Los Angeles, USA

These girls should have watched that show on NBC i've been seeing previews for, The Baby Borrowers. lol, might have kept them from making such a dumb decision.

Sharon Tillman, Atlanta, USA

When was the last time that a male was charged with unlawful carnal knoweldge in the UK, or the equivalent elsewhere?

The evidence is there!

The softly softly approach has been tried, and the tax payers are suffering. Lets start playing hard ball!

Andrew, Antrim,

How would the availability of birth control stop girls who WANTED to get pregnant? The problem is we no longer consider teen pregnancy taboo because it is mean to the girls and most teens don't watch shows like Hannah Montana but rather The OC. The message is having sex is cool and expected.

Hugh, Cincinnati, USA

In contrast to the Texas "Mormon" fiasco where more than 400 mothers and children were dragged apart and through a media circus. Accusations of "underage" sexual abuse were headlines and never substantiated. Here we have the schools being held responsible for not providing condoms! Public Justice?

Ian Goddard, Durham, NC, USA

There's the solution for this situation which will work better than so-called "sex education" which these girls were apparently well aware of since they wanted to have these babies from the start. The solution is ADOPTION.

Chris, Michigan, USA

Guys, it is time to be responsible yourselves --- use a condom and take on the responsibility of avoiding an unwanted/premature pregnancy. If the girls made a so called pact to get pregnant, that decision was already made. It takes two to make a baby -- guys, you have a choice also.

Jessica, Maplewood, USA

I find this really sad. Not just for the babies and young mothers, but more so for the student's parents who will be forced to step in and help raise these children. My younger sister had a baby at 15 and my mother had to pretty much raise my niece, while my sister finished high school and partied.

Amy, Raleigh, US

It is very informative to learn that young girls want to get pregnant because they are "bored" as one girl put it. What concerns me is that they do not realise that there are many financial isssues that need to be taken into account when children are involved. Sex is one thing, babies another.

Jim Wills, Brisbane, Australia

So much for Bush' abstinence campaign!

Zhu Bajie, Kunming, China

My grandma had her first child at 16 and she was a great mother and grandmother. She often wonders what would of happened if she would of waited to have children. She was a child raising children and because of this, she made many mistakes. She never had a chance to become an adult first.

Nicholas, East Peoria, USA

There is a question that begs to be asked. Who is going
to pay for the raising of those babies?

The girls certainly can't. No paternity suits have been mentioned
that I know of.

Hello, Grandpa and Grandma!

Jerry Scroggin, Phoenix, Arizona/USA

She wasn't promoting the show, just simply referencing it. I understand her point.

Jennifer, Long Island,

So much for Bush's abstinence campaign!

Zhu Bajie, Kunming, China

Meghan, this isn't a place to promote a terrible looking reality show.

Make it mandatory to have contraception available at school, half of these pregnancies probably happened on school grounds. America needs to grow up and stop with the abstinence only education.

C, regina, canada

This so just ridiculous and sad. I wouldn't solely blame the media but their glorifying of celeb pregnancies makes it look fun and easy and gives these kids the wrong impression unlike that new NBC show "Baby Borrowers" that I've been seeing promos for.

Meghan, Los Angeles,

Hollywood is taking the blame for the irresponsibility of these kids who should have been taught and guided better by their parents. The media's worship celeb pregnancies is another thing. These kids go to celebrity blogs than movies. They pay Jolie $15m for her babies, kids want to be popular.

Amy, Catford, UK