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TEEN PREGNANCY

Target: To stimulate thinking about the issues around teen pregnancy.

Scenario 1: Brianne and Rob are high school seniors who have been dating each other since their sophomore year. They’re very serious about each other and both agree that they’re mature enough for a sexual relationship even though they’re not ready to think about marriage yet.  Despite the fact that they were using birth control, Brianne discovers she’s was pregnant a few months before the end of the school year.  The baby is due in September, just when both Brianne and Rob were planning to start college.  Discuss: What are the best options for Brianne and Rob? Try to come up with a solution your whole group can agree on, if possible.

Scenario 2: David and Charisse are high school seniors who have been dating each other since their sophomore year.  They have talked about getting married after high school graduation but aren’t sure they are ready, since they both plan to go on to college.  They are religious and believe that premarital sex is wrong.  However, they have gone pretty far with kissing and “making out” despite their best efforts to resist temptation.  One night while they are studying together at Charisse’s house and her parents are out, they go all the way.  Both feel very sorry about it afterwards.  They make an extra effort to resist temptation by trying not to spend much time alone after that, and they discuss the possibility that maybe it would be best to get married sooner rather than later.  Two months later, Charisse discovers she’s pregnant.  The baby is due in September, just when both Charisse and David were planning to start college. Discuss: What are the best options for Charisse and David? Try to come up with a solution your whole group can agree on, if possible.

Scenario 3: Emily has always been a little rebellious. She’s had sex with three guys since she was 14. During her junior year in high school, she goes out with Joel.  They go pretty far together, but don’t have sex.  When Joel breaks up with her, Emily decides to “get back at him” by going out with Mike, a very tough gang member who has already dropped out of school.  She goes all the way with Mike on their first–and only–date.  Two months later, Emily finds out she’s pregnant.  She’s not dating anyone at the time.  Discuss: What are the best options for Emily and Mike? Try to come up with a solution your whole group can agree on, if possible.

Scenario 4: Katie’s basically a good girl who gets along pretty well with her parents.  She’s a junior in high school and has been dating Keith for a year.  When they break up, Katie gets really depressed.  Two of her friends invite her to a party to cheer her up.  At the party, Katie gets drunk for the first time in her life.  She starts flirting with Ben, one of the best-looking guys at school who she’s always admired.  He invites her upstairs to watch TV in one of the bedrooms, and they end up going all the way.  After the party, he doesn’t talk to her at school or act as though he even knows her.  Katie is upset, but she’s even more upset when she finds out that she’s pregnant.  Discuss: What are the best options for Katie, for Ben, and for the baby? Try to come up with a solution your whole group can agree on, if possible.

Scenario 5: Jenni’s home life has been a mess ever since her dad and mom split up four years ago.  Her mom has had a string of boyfriends and is always out late drinking and partying. She doesn’t even seem to care that Jenni exists, and is sometimes verbally and physically abusive to her when she’s drunk.  Now that Jenni is 16, she tries to stay away from home as much as possible.  She’s not seriously involved with any guy and has never had sex; she’s trying to avoid getting into the same kind of mess her mom has been in with relationships.  One night she ends up going out and drinking a lot with her friends in a park and meets a group of older guys.  She gets very drunk and one of the guys she has just met takes advantage of her.  The next morning she realizes what has happened but doesn’t tell anyone.  Soon after, she finds out she’s pregnant.  Discuss: What are the best options for Jenni? Try to come up with a solution your whole group can agree on, if possible.

Scenario 6: Karyn and Ted are in their second year at university.  Ted is studying to be a doctor and Karyn is studying to be a teacher.  They are both very active in campus organizations and are admired by many as an “ideal couple”.  They have been dating for three years and are committed to staying sexually pure until marriage, but in the last few months they have begun making love.  Though at first they both felt bad about it and tried to stop, it kept happening.  Because they plan to get married when they’re both finished school, they have tried to convince themselves that it’s OK, but they still feel guilty.  In September, Karyn finds out she’s two months pregnant.  Their baby would be born in March.  They are willing to marry each other, but know their reputations and possibly both their future careers would be damaged if others know they are getting married because Karyn is pregnant. What are the best options for Karyn, for Ted? Try to come up with a solution your whole group can agree on, if possible.

Position One: Homosexuals are evil, sick perverts who are trying to take over and corrupt our society with their loose morals.  God hates them and all they do, and is punishing them by giving them AIDS.  Homosexuality is abominable to God and homosexuals should be wiped out.
Explore the resource materials and discuss these questions:
1. What Biblical basis do these people have for their view?
2. How does it fit with your understanding of the Bible?
3. How do you think a gay man or lesbian woman would feel hearing these views expressed?