Naughty Bits

(1992)
cover enlargement from “Naughty Bits” by Roberta Gregory

“Naughty Bits” was a feminist comic series by Roberta Gregory that sardonically addressed many concerns of young women in the nineties, including their right to reproductive choice. In “The Groovy Teen Pregnancy Ish,” Hippie Bitch becomes pregnant and, after some distress, seeks out an illegal abortion.

My Darling, My Hamburger

(1971)

Paul Zindel

Bantam Books (New York NY)

 

Pregnancy in young adult fiction often functions as an overwrought plot device to make an incredulous moral point. “My Darling, My Hamburger” used this device to communicate the message that sex was inextricable from pregnancy and pregnancy from tragedy.