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I'm not to far either...We go to this town for some amazing Chowdah in the winter, and to walk the beaches in summer. I was going to comment on this as well, but I'm really at a loss as to what to say. There are so many aspects to the story that I'm upset about. These were girls who went out and desired to get pregnant. In the process they made 17 fathers as well. Granted those boys made a choice when they decided to have sex as well, but I still feel some resentment to those girls. For them all to get pregnant they had to be tracking their cycles and everything. I'm concerned about the children that will be born to these children. Clearly they will eventually know they are "pact" children. Sad on so many levels on the way it will impact so many young men and women and children over the long haul. I think the media attention is horrid...I think the attention was exactly what these girls wanted. If they didn't want people to know and give them attention, and all they all wanted was to be Mom's, why would they have released the information about the pact at all.

It's really sad. I used to assist in teaching a parenting class in that very town. I hope they all take it.