In the essay titled, “The Name of the Game Is Shame”, author Jonathan Alter established his views on teen pregnancy. He believes that the fact of “out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy” is wrong and those who are involved should be put to shame in some sort of manner. Alter brings the anti-teen-pregnancy campaign of President Clinton into his essay with great points on it. The voices of the coming backlash, the New Reactionaries, state that Clinton’s program makes them “feel guilty” and “blaming the victim,” and with their statistics of the highest percent of babies born out of wedlock, 30.5 percent, helps this group defend its cause well. With the fact of many teen mothers being coerced into sex, Alter believes that the sin itself is up for question. He stated that “the fact remains: every threat to the fabric of this country- from poverty to crime to homelessness- is connected to out-of-wedlock teen pregnancy.” It is debatable if the statement can be proven a fact......
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