Tonight, December 28, at 11:30 PM, MTV, in collaboration with Exhale, will be
airing a new episode of their popular show, 16 & Pregnant featuring three young women who chose to have abortions, titled "No Easy Decision." This is the first time MTV has covered teens who choose abortion in the three years of the
16 & Pregnant series.
Exhale is running a campaign to support the young women who are telling their stories on MTV called 16 & Loved. It is an incredibly brave act for these three teens to talk about their experience with abortion on the national stage and, unfortunately, there are people and groups out there that attack women who speak out about abortion. You can
leave some love for the young women on the 16 & Loved website. They are sponsoring a live-blog tonight at the 16 & Loved
website featuring feminist superstar bloggers:
Lynn Harris, Shelby Knox, Jamia Wilson, & Jessica Valenti. You can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #16andLoved.
We haven't seen the program yet, so don't know how the young womens' stories will be portrayed, but we are glad to see MTV is covering all options available for teens facing unintended pregnancy, including parenting, adoption and abortion. Tune in tonight and post your thoughts in the comments or on
Facebook or
Twitter.
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