: Titled The Pregnancy Pact , this film starred Alexa Vega and fictionalized the events, focusing on a group of girls who decide to have babies simultaneously to have someone to "love them forever".
: A French film (titled 17 Filles ) offered a more art-house perspective on the same concept, exploring themes of teen rebellion and the desire for control in a small town. Pregnancy Pact
: In June 2008, Time magazine reported that 17 girls at Gloucester High School had made a secret "pact" to get pregnant and raise their babies together. : Titled The Pregnancy Pact , this film
: An original musical inspired by the news story premiered in 2012, featuring a cast of only teenagers to maintain a focus on the youth perspective . Follow-up: The Gloucester ‘pregnancy pact’ - MPR News : An original musical inspired by the news
: The media fallout led to the resignation of the high school principal and sparked a national debate about sex education and the influence of Hollywood on teen behavior. Media Adaptations
: Subsequent investigations by the school committee and local officials found no evidence of a planned "blood-oath" . While there was a spike in pregnancies that year, many of the girls involved denied any pact ever existed, though some noted they became closer to support each other after becoming pregnant.