The Pregnancy Project

The Pregnancy Project

The Pregnancy Project

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The Pregnancy Project

2012

1h 26m

6.7(56 votes)

TV Movie

Drama

Overview

The Pregnancy project tells the real story of Gaby Rodriguez, a seventeen-year-old who attended a Washington state high-school and made her senior school project the treatment of pregnant teenagers by pretending to be pregnant.

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Lifetime

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The people behind it

Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Alexa PenaVega

Alexa PenaVega

Gaby Rodriguez

Walter Perez

Walter Perez

Jorge

Ted Whittall

Ted Whittall

Principal Trevor

Judy Reyes

Judy Reyes

Juana Rodriguez

Sarah Smyth

Sarah Smyth

Claire

Sarah Strange

Sarah Strange

Leann Strahle

Laci J. Mailey

Laci J. Mailey

Tyra

Michael Mando

Michael Mando

Javier Rodriguez

Peter Benson

Peter Benson

Shawn Myers

Richard Harmon

Richard Harmon

Aaron

Creative team

Directed by: Norman Buckley
Written by: Teena Booth
Jenna Glatzer
Produced by: Harvey Kahn

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