The Pregnancy Pact Movie is based on a true story. The TV movie, airing on Lifetime, has grabbed thousands of curious viewers when it aired this past weekend. Get the details surrounding the real life pregnancy pact made between a group of girls in the small town of Gloucester in Massachusetts below. Video after the jump.
The Pregnancy Pact Movie premiered on Lifetime this past Saturday. The movie centered around the 18 girls, from Gloucester High School, that decided to get pregnant on purpose back in 2008.
Made into a TV movie by Lifetime the flick features actresses Thora Birch and Camryn Manheim. It is said to be loosley based on the events that occured back in June of 2008.
Birch is most notable for her roles in Hocus Pocus and American Beauty while Manheim has been featured in the Ghost Whisperer as Delia Banks. Directed by Rosemary Rodriguez, the Pregnancy Pact managed to gain Nationals headlines when the high school principle drew attention to the unbelievable true story.
Greg Verga, the former head of the Gloucester School Committee, stated that he would watch the movie:
“Out of morbid curiosity to see how badly they portray us and now much they fictionalize us. Hopefully it has a positive spin at the end to reduce teen pregnancy and not be an embarrassment for us.”
The Mayor of Gloucester also had concerns regarding the movie:
“The city and community have handled the ensuing attention with a focus on protecting the privacy of the children and families, and we will continue to do so. Even though data from the state Department of Health shows teen birth rates in Gloucester are below the state average, Gloucester citizens have become active and involved in assessing the situation to identify positive outcomes.”
if you watched the movie tell us what you think? Did the Pregnancy Pact Movie send the right message or not?
See the trailer video of the Pregnancy Pact Movie below.
January 24th, 2010 at 6:35 pm
The movie embarassed the people of gloucester, they had little thirteen year old girls playing the role of 16 and 17 year olds. It was horrible. They decided to leve out how girls are peer pressured and the usage of drugs mainly the parties, they left all that out. It was a waste of time and they couldve done a better job by actually shooting in gloucester and not rockport. Someone needs to make another movie on it and actually get the facts right on what happend.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:34 pm
Actually, the characters playing the pregnant girls were all around the ages of the girls that got pregnant in Gloucester. Madison Beaty who played Sarah is 14 years old. As a sophomore in high school you are around these ages. The other two girls were 16. I don’t believe where they filmed the movie should have anything to do with the message that this movie is trying to send. The message of teaching abstinence only vs a more comprehensive view.
January 24th, 2010 at 8:48 pm
I think the movie was good and shined a great light on teenage pregnancy. I think it will be a positive movie for young teens understanding the consequences of early teenage pregnancy.
January 30th, 2010 at 9:46 am
I thought the movie was really good. I think it will open a lot of teens eyes and told them a lot about teenage pregnancy.
February 27th, 2010 at 6:51 pm
it is based on a true story but it is not completely true they did it how they wanted it to be shown to get the message across they just got the initial idea from the real story