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Spears Gives Teen Mags Pregnant Pause; Plus, a Facts of Lifer's View | Today's News: Our Take | 12/21/2007
Parents of impressionable Zoey 101 fans aren't the only ones taken aback by Jamie Lynn Spears' pregnancy. Decision-makers at a few teen mags are also looking at the 16-year-old through not-as-rosy-colored glasses. "I was considering her for an upcoming cover," the editor in chief of CosmoGIRL! tells UsMagazine.com. "But with this news, I'd have to rethink that.... As you can imagine, girls are disappointed in Jamie Lynn." Similarly, Seventeen's EIC says she might put Spears on the cover but only once she gets past this moment and resumes "a career our readers can look up to. Getting pregnant at 16 is not something we're encouraging."One person who is standing by Spears is Lisa Whelchel, the former child star of (ironically) The Facts of Life. A mother of two teens (and an author of Christian books), Whelchel tells ABC News, "[Jamie Lynn] is a role model, but it's not her responsibility to be a role model. That's so much pressure on a 16-year-old." As for deciding to keep the baby, s... read more

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Title	Year	Type
Facts of Life (Actor - Blair Warner)	1979	TV Show Series
The Double Mcguffin (Actor - Jody)	1979	Movie
The Magician Of Lublin (Actor - Halina)	1979	Movie
Biography: The Facts of Life (Remarks by)		Episode
Diff'rent Strokes: The Girls School (Actor - Blair)		Episode

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