Two new series explore a teenage taboo

June 30, 2008 With teen pregnancy rates on the rise for the first time in more than a decade, two new TV series are gaining attention as they tackle the hot-button issue from very different angles. NBC's "The Baby Borrowers," which debuted last week, is giving teen couples a "Scared Straight"-style introduction to the realities of child rearing, while ABC Family's "The Secret Life of the American Teenager," which premieres tonight, deliberately avoids having a social-message agenda. The unplanned pregnancy story lines of theatrical hits "Juno" and "Knocked Up," the 17 Boston-area teens who supposedly made a pact to become pregnant and the pregnancy of 16-year-old Nickelodeon star Jamie Lynn Spears.

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