Juno: Analyzing Both Accurate and Inaccurate Portrayals of Teenage Pregnancy The film, Juno, features a teenage girl who faces the challenge of an unplanned pregnancy by her classmate. The protagonist in the film is a 16-year-old girl named Juno. She's sharp, sarcastic and funny. She discovers she is pregnant after having sex for the first time with her best friend, Paulie Bleeker. Even though she would rather not be pregnant, Juno is realistic about her situation. Paulie is initially shocked by the whole situation and decides to leave all decisions about the baby to Juno. Unlike most TV shows and movies, this pregnant teenager isn't a deviant or an outcast, she's a character we're encouraged to identify with. She's not like the pregnant teenager we saw in Jerry Springer or Montel, who are promiscuous and claim to have gotten pregnant on purpose, to the dismay of their parents. First she tells her best friend, Leah, about the pregnancy, and then they decide to have an abortion. When she decides to 'nip it in the bud' and terminate the pregnancy, Juno goes to the abortion clinic where she finds one of her school friends protesting outside. Even though her friend protests, she still decides to go to the clinic. As she sits filling out paperwork, she stops to look at this place. The atmosphere of the building and the fact that it "smelled like a dentist" forced her to leave the abortion clinic and decide not to have an abortion. So, instead of having an abortion, she decides to have the baby and give it up for adoption. First she has to tell her divorced father and stepmother, Mac and Bren, that she is pregnant. Parents take the news with little shock and respond… in the middle of the paper… 6% of adolescents who had sex for the first time used some form of contraception at their last intercourse” (Kearney, 2012) . Most teenagers having sex for the first time actually use contraception, unlike Juno does in the film. Kearney's findings are supported by the findings of John Santelli who states that “The increase in condom use has led to an increase in the use of contraception at first sexual intercourse” (Santelli, 2010). To improve the accuracy of the film, an exploration of the issue of contraception in the film should have been added. If contraception fails, such as if the condom breaks, or if Juno or Paulie deny using contraception, it should be included in the film to address the issue of teenagers using contraceptives during intercourse. The film accurately depicts some aspects of teenage pregnancy and needs to improve others such as contraception.