Paying Teens Not to Get Pregnant?

Via Postbourgie, who gets it from AverageBro, I see that a NC-based maternity nurse has launched a program that pays teen girls $1 per day to remain pregnancy free.  At least that's how the papers tell it.  Founder Hazel Brown expands on the program's goals:

"Our three goals are that they avoid pregnancy, graduate from high school and enroll in college," Brown said.

So, as I wrote over at PB, why hasn't this been framed as "Program provides cash incentives to graduate" or "Students eligible for thousands in aid if they go to college".  Too neutral?  Too boring?  Or inaccurate?

I realize Brown founded the program based on her experience as a maternity nurse.  I realize only women can get pregnant, and that teen pregnancy is a pretty strong obstacle to graduating high school, going to college, or exiting poverty.  But seriously, isn't this a program focused on helping girls graduate?  It requires weekly meetings.  It fosters community and support networks among young women.  It provides either additional or new reinforcement for their dreams and ambitions as a guard against the difficulties they face.  It likely provides a safe space for vulnerable young women.  All of which reduces their risk for peer pressure, sexual violence, or freely acting on raging hormones.  So, perhaps the most obvious outcome, and certainly from a nurse's frame of reference, is the reduced risk of pregnancy.  But these young women likely also see reduced access to drugs and alcohol, as well as are protected from the precariousness of idle, unsupervised time.

I'm a big believer in incentives, and I'm a big believer in responding to the particular risks and opportunities that different groups (e.g., teen girls) face.  But I find the framing of this initiative troubling, as it seems to me it once again reduces women to our reproductive capacity, rather than incorporating and responding to the risk of teen pregnancy as one particular obstacle for low-income young women among many on the path to college and out of poverty.