剧情如此，难怪赞成堕胎的人会对影片对少女怀孕事情的描述充满疑惑。朱诺的泰然自若、自信满满以及电影的完满结局仿佛是一幅描绘了领养才是最理想化的画卷，而这马上就得到了胎儿生存权人士的认可。怀孕带来的行动不便在影片中逐渐得到体现，而朱诺感觉到的周围人对她的羞辱和歧视也在片中显现出来，这不仅仅是因为她即将成为单身母亲，更是因为在日常生活中她还只是一名年仅16岁、会和父母还有同年龄人照面的高中生。电影中唯一一个表现朱诺情绪失控的片段是当她发现原本快乐的领养家庭却在孩子出生前决定离婚。

    But though it may be that abortion becomes an unavoidable topic in the discussion of teenage pregnancy, it is far from the focus of the film. Rather, instead of attempting to tackle the American abortion debate, what Juno aims to do is unravel the notion of the nuclear family and question its place in the scheme of present-day family dynamics. This deconstruction is not only relevant in Juno's own situation, with an out-of-wedlock pregnancy compounded by her also giving up the child, but is a theme that runs throughout many of the characters' relationships. Juno's parents, for instance, are far from what most would consider ideal: Juno's mother abandons her at a young age and she is raised by her father, who is remarried to a step-mother that is not evil, as first impulse and genre convention might suggest; she is in fact extremely supportive and gets along well with her step-daughter. ......