Good Morning America Interviews Pregnant Gloucester Teen

She Denies There was a Pact

Lindsey Oliver is 17 years old and five months pregnant. She is one of the soon-to-be teen moms from the Gloucester high school that made news headlines last week. Today, on Good Morning America (GMA) she denied that there was any teen pregnancy pact made. "No. There was definitely no pact," she said on GMA.

The principal, Dr. Joseph Sullivan told Time magazine that the increase in teen pregnancies at the school was linked to a pact made by a group of girls to get pregnant at the same time. Sullivan told Time Magazine earlier this month, "That bump was because of seven or eight sophomore girls. They made a pact to get pregnant and raise their babies together." However, the GMA interview revealed that based on Lindsey's statement no pact ever existed. Not to mention that the principal may have experienced a bump on the head himself. Further probing regarding his comments to Time revealed a sketchy recollection of how he heard about the pact in the first place.

A social worker from Pathways for Children, which runs an on-site daycare center at the high school, reported hearing the girls' plan to get pregnant last fall. The organizations CEO Sue Todd also spoke with Time Magazine. She noted that the girls were identified as being at risk of becoming teen mothers since the sixth grade when they began inquiring about pregnancy tests. Todd stated, "What we've seen is the girls fit a certain profile. They're socially isolated, and they don't have the support of their families."