Here are some of the can't miss shows about teen and unplanned pregnancy that are on the air NOW.
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How I Met Your Mother
CBS, November 10, 2008, 8:30/9:30c
To Have or Not to Have a Baby, that is the Question for Someone on How I Met Your Mother
This Monday night, CBS's hit comedy How I Met Your Mother with an all-too-common situation among young adults: a pregnancy scare. Lily and Marshall are thinking about having a baby but want to hear advice on it. Lily turns to Ted and Marshall turns to Robin on the subject and they both get different points of advice from each. So who has to handle a possible unplanned pregnancy? Tune in on Monday, November 10 at 8:30/7:30c to find out!
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Law and Order: Special Victims Unit
NBC, November 11, 2008, 10/9c
Investigators Uncover a Pregnancy Pact in a Close-Knit Community
As detectives Elliot Stabler (Chris Meloni) and John Munch (Richard Belzer) track down leads in a malicious murder, they discover a community in chaos with a group of teen girls in a “pregnancy pact.” A strange web of secrets and bad blood in this “close-knit” neighborhood offers a challenge for the detectives. Learn more about Law & Order: SVU.
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Did you know that 3 in 10 girls in the U.S. will get pregnant by age 20? Teen pregnancy happens in all kinds of communities and in all kinds of families. But it’s 100% avoidable. Find out how.
One Life to Live
ABC, ongoing
Starr Manning is 16 and Pregnant
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"One Life to Live's" Starr and Cole (Kristen Alderson and Brandon Buddy) |
It's been 9 months since 16-year-old Starr Manning had sex with her boyfriend Cole Thornhart for the first time and found out she was pregnant.
This week it all comes to an end. Be sure to tune into “One Life to Live” to find out what kind of twists and turns lie ahead. But in the meantime, catch up with Kristen Alderson who plays Starr. She sat down for an exclusive interview with us to talk about her character, her most memorable experiences, the fan reaction to the story, and more.
Kristen is also blogging about her experience in this role – the good and the bad – at www.onelifetolive.com.
This storyline, its related blog posts, media coverage and nationally televised public service announcements are all part of The National Campaign to Prevent Teen & Unplanned Pregnancy’s partnership with ABC Daytime. Working with the show to provide viewers with important information about teen pregnancy is just one of the ways the Campaign is reaching out to teens and parents with messages about sex, prevention, and consequences.
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