It never fails that someone tries to bring awareness to teen pregnancy. Well the City of New York decided to show the poor black teenagers what happens when you have a kid at a young age. Check below to see what they did…

In another poster, a dark-skinned little girl casts her eyes to the sky and says, “Honestly Mom … chances are he won’t stay with you. What happens to me?”

These images, part of a public education campaign targeting teenage pregnancy that the city unveiled this week, are drawing mounting criticism from reproductive health advocates, women who had children as teenagers, and others who say they reinforce negative stereotypes about teenage mothers without offering any information to help girls prevent unplanned pregnancies.

The criticism escalated Wednesday into a sharp exchange between the mayor’s office and Planned Parenthood of New York City, typically an ally of the administration on reproductive health matters. Planned Parenthood issued a statement denouncing the poster campaign, saying that it ignored the racial, economic and social factors that contribute to teenage pregnancy and instead stigmatized teenage parents and their children.

The mayor’s office responded, saying that it was “past time” to be “value neutral” about teenage pregnancy and that it was important to “send a strong message that teen pregnancy has consequences — and those consequences are extremely negative, life-altering and most often disproportionately borne by young women.”

Haydee Morales, vice president for education and training at Planned Parenthood of New York City, said the organization was “shocked and taken aback” by the tone of the new campaign.

“Hurting and shaming communities is not what’s going to bring teen pregnancy rates down,” she added.

She said that the campaign’s message — that teenage pregnancy leads to poverty — was backward.

“It’s not teen pregnancies that cause poverty, but poverty that causes teen pregnancy,” she said.

RECEIPT: NEW YORK TIMES

What in the blue hell?…

Maybe that is the reaction they were going for? Anyhoo, I’m guessing teens in poor neighborhoods only have kids? I get the message, but the execution gets a major side eye.