All those who watched The Pregnancy Pact on Lifetime tonight, may be probably wondering as to how “true” the story really is. Well, the true story behind ‘The Pregnancy Pact’ comes from good old Gloucester, Massachusetts.

The story began in June 2008, when a story was run by TIME Magazine called, “The Pregnancy Boom” at local public school Gloucester High. Seventeen girls were pregnant in that summer at Gloucester High, a number that was 4 times higher than the pregnancy numbers of the previous year.

According to the TIME Magazine story, the principal of the school said that the rise in number of pregnancies was because of a ‘pregnancy pact’ between a group of sophomore girls.

Joseph Sullivan, the principal of the school, told TIME that eight pregnant girls had admitted to a pregnancy pact in which they pledged to together raise their babies and help each other. One of the pregnant girls had been conceived by a 24-year old homeless man.

The story shocked the entire nation and put school Principal Joseph Sullivan in a tough spot, as the ‘confessions’ of the girls were retracted and they went on record denying an pregnancy pact.

We may never know if there was any pregnancy pact in Gloucester Massachusetts. The town Mayor had investigated the Principal’s accusations but never substantiated the pregnancy pact story. However, it does make an interesting TV story, don’t you think?

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