There has been criticism online after an article about Michelle O’Neill had the headline “from pregnant schoolgirl to Northern Ireland’s next leader” - it was later amended but it’s stoked a conversation around the stigma attached to teenage pregnancies Is there still a stigma attached to teenage pregnancies? 

Michelle McMullan, had a baby when she was a teenager joined Shane on the show this morning to discuss further.

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