Teen pregnancy seems to have been in the news a lot lately with the unplanned pregnancy announcement of sixteen year old Nickelodeon star, Jamie Lynn Spears and all the talk about the film Juno which is about a teen who experiences an unplanned pregnancy and then places her baby for adoption. Now, the ABC soap opera, One Life to Live, will be featuring their own teenage unplanned pregnancy storyline. According to a producer from One Life to Live they were already working on the unplanned pregnancy storyline before Jamie Lynn Spears made her announcement.

The story line revolves around sixteen year old character Starr Manning who is played by an actress of the same age, Kristen Alderson. Starr and her seventeen year old boyfriend, Cole (who is played by Brandon Buddy) have already had their first sexual encounter that aired last week. In the following weeks, Starr and Cole will have to deal with the aftermath from having unprotected sex.

I haven’t read anything yet though that says if the character will carry the pregnancy to term or not, however what I did read said that there will be about 40 upcoming episodes that will deal with this storyline. The producers of One Life to Live as well as the teenage cast members are working along with the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy to use the episodes as teaching tools. There will even be Public Service Announcements featuring Kristen Alderson hitting the airwaves soon.

Kristen Alderson has also started a weekly blog called Start Talking with Kristen where she will discuss with others what is going on with her character on the show and teenage pregnancy.

I have watched One Life to Live off and on over the years. Ironically, I was pregnant and on bed rest with Noah when “Starr” was actually born on the soap! I may try to tune in occasionally and see where they take this storyline.

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