Principal at “pregnancy pact” school resigns
The Gloucester, Massachusetts high school principal who accused female students of getting pregnant on purpose after a sharp increase in teen pregnancies at the school has resigned.
Time magazine reported in June that Joseph Sullivan said a pact made by a group of teens to get pregnant and raise their babies together was at least partly behind a spike in pregnancies at Gloucester High School. Seventeen girls at the school became pregnant this year — four times the usual number.
Sullivan later said he did not recall using the word “pact” but believed many of the pregnancies were intentional.
The theory arose amid a debate over whether to dispense contraceptives at a school health clinic without parents’ knowledge.
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