ANTON, Ohio -- There are 490 female students at Timken High School, and 65 are pregnant, according to a recent report in the Canton Repository.
The article reported that some would say that movies, TV, videogames, lazy parents and lax discipline may all be to blame.
School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies, but in response to them, the school is launching a three-prong educational program to address pregnancy, prevention and parenting.
The newspaper also reported that students will face mounting tensions created by unplanned child-rearing responsibilities, causing students to quit school and plan for a GED. This will make it difficult for the Canton City School District to shake its academic watch designation by the state.
According to the Canton Health Department, statistics through July show that 104 of the 586 babies born to Canton residents in Aultman Hospital and Mercy Medical Center had mothers between 11 and 19.
The newspaper reports that the non-Canton rate was 7 percent. Canton was 15 percent.

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No no, the white stork brings the baby to Mommy and Daddy when they love eachother enough. Didn't they teach you anything in church?

lol.

Wait, Ohio is a conservative state. Could the conservative culture contribute to the high pregnancy rate? Oh wait, that's something that Rick Santorum's polar opposite would say.

Am I the only one who thought of Ohio, the YN member, when I read this thread title?

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Originally posted by CelticNewAger:

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School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies

Um, sex.

No no, the white stork brings the baby to Mommy and Daddy when they love eachother enough. Didn't they teach you anything in church?

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School officials are not sure what has caused so many pregnancies

Um, sex.

But still.

Wow.