'The Pregnancy Project' Due as Book and TV Movie Jan 05, 2012
(L. to r.: Gaby’s boyfriend Jorge, Gaby, and Alexa Vega (Spy Kids), who plays Gaby in the film.)
Last April, Gaby Rodriguez, then a 17-year-old high-school honor student in Toppenish, Wash., landed in the media spotlight when she announced that she had feigned a pregnancy as an experiment for her senior project. The widespread attention—she was interviewed by newspapers across the country and appeared on Today—led to a book contract with Simon & Schuster, as well as a TV movie deal with Lifetime. The publisher will release The Pregnancy Project, which Rodriguez wrote with Jenna Glatzer, on January 17 with a 100,000-copy first printing, and the TV film airs on January 28.
"I wanted to do something that would impact my school and my community, and decided to start with something small, to bring an awareness of teen pregnancy," says Rodriguez of the inspiration for her experiment. "Teen pregnancy is a big problem, and not only in my community. At a time in their lives when teens are becoming sexually active, they need to realize how the decisions they make now will ultimately affect their lives. And those teens who do become pregnant need to know that it’s not the end of the road. They can find support for themselves and their child, and can move forward."
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