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    Groups Unify to Reduce Latina Teen Pregnancy

    Date: July 06, 2010
    More than 50 national organizations have taken the first steps toward a new national campaign to reduce pregnancies among Latina teens - who have the nation's highest teen pregnancy rate.
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    Budget Cuts May Hit Programs Aimed at Pregnancy Prevention

    Date: June 29, 2010
    Aiken Youth Empowerment is facing a 43% budget cut that could be devastating in providing services for teenagers.
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    Photo Updates

    Date: June 22, 2010
    Check out our flickr steam each day from SI!
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    Improvements in Teen Sex and Contraceptive Use Stalled

    Date: June 03, 2010
    Some positive signs emerged but other indicators are troubling.
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    HIV/STI and Adolescents

    Date: May 28, 2010
    New fact sheet gives the most current information about the impact of HIV/AIDS and other sexually transmitted infections on young people in our state.
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    Miss SC Speaks to Moms, Girls

    Date: May 24, 2010
    Reigning Miss South Carolina Kelly Sloan gave mothers and daughters a message of empowerment Saturday as the guest speaker at Aiken Youth Empowerment's annual Mother-Daughter Luncheon.
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    Slam Poet from Spartanburg Wins Teen Expressions 2010

    Date: May 21, 2010
    More than 700 votes cast in an online viewer's choice
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    Teen Pregnancy Program in Anderson Expanding to School District 4

    Date: May 14, 2010
    The Impact teen pregnancy prevention program that has been a success in Anderson School District 3 is now expanding to Anderson School District 4.
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    Miss SC to Inspire Moms, Teen Daughters at Aiken Lunch

    Date: May 14, 2010
    Miss South Carolina Kelly Sloan will be the keynote speaker at Aiken Youth Empowerment, formerly Aiken Tee Pregnancy Prevention, annual Mother-Daughter Luncheon on Saturday, May 22, from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m., at the Aiken Center for the Arts.
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    SC Contraceptive Access Campaign Looking for Youth Activists

    Date: May 14, 2010
    The South Carolina Contraceptive Access Campaign is now accepting applications for youth and young adults (ages 16-24) to serve as a Youth Activist working on sexual and reproductive health issues.
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    19 and pregnant in the Midlands

    Date: May 14, 2010
    WACH Fox consults The Campaign's Shannon Flynn about older youth and unintended pregnancy.
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    Subscribe to our RSS Feed!

    Date: April 30, 2010
    The SC Campaign is pleased to announce a new feature for our site, an RSS Feed!
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    SC and Georgia Groups combat high teen pregnancy rates

    Date: April 25, 2010
    Georgia and South Carolina teen pregnancy rates rank among the top 10, according to the latest data available from the National Campaign to Prevent Teen and Unplanned Pregnancy.
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    Chesterfield Teen Pregnancy Rate Sparks Concern

    Date: April 23, 2010
    According to the Chesterfield County Coordinating Council Youth Development Coalition, 135 young ladies ages 10-19 became pregnant in 2007, the most recent year for which data is available.
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    Teens, Cell Phones and Texting

    Date: April 23, 2010
    Text messaging becomes centerpiece communication
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    Bristol Palin Appears in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Ad

    Date: April 08, 2010
    Bristol Palin is back in the media spotlight. And again, it's related to teen pregnancy.
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    Funding Available for Nonprofit Capacity Building

    Date: April 08, 2010
    Learn more about a new program designed to increase the capacity of small nonprofits to expand their impact in communities facing resource hardships.
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    US Teen Birth Rate Declines 2% After Two Year Increase

    Date: April 06, 2010
    The nation's teen birth rate declined 2% in 2008, according to data released today by the Center for Disease Control and Prevention's National Center for Health Statistics.
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    Health Care Bill Allocates Money for Abstinence-Only Education

    Date: April 05, 2010
    The recently passed health care reform legislation includes $250 million for states to fund abstinence education programs. Opponents are not happy, saying the programs don't work.
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    Family First: Boys Brag About Sex

    Date: April 01, 2010
    Teenage boys like to talk about it and, sometimes, they exaggerate.
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    President Signs Landmark Health Reform Into Law

    Date: March 25, 2010
    Earlier this week, the United States House of Representatives passed HR 3590, the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and since that time President Obama has signed the package into law.
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    Virtual March on State House a Push for More than Abstinence Only

    Date: March 23, 2010
    Kay Chitty is going to be one of more than 3,000 South Carolinians to participate in what's believed to be the first ever virtual march on the State House today.
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    Reducing Unintended Pregnancies Can Ease State's Woes

    Date: March 12, 2010
    Reducing teen pregnancy would benefit both the national and state economies as well as improve the educational, health and social prospects for this generation of young people and the next.
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    Healthier Students are Better Learners

    Date: March 11, 2010
    Educational progress will be profoundly limited if students are not motivated and able to learn.
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    Teen Pregnancy Problem

    Date: March 04, 2010
    Board member Molly Talbot-Metz advocates for teen pregnancy prevention.
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    USC's Project Condom: Season 3 A Huge Success

    Date: March 03, 2010
    Guest judge Santino Rice rated groups' condom-adorned garments
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    Project Condom Season 3

    Date: March 02, 2010
    USC students combine fashion and design with safe-sex awareness while raising money for Teen Expressions 2010.
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    Contest explores 'I Am A Teen. Is There An App For That?'

    Date: February 25, 2010
    The South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy is accepting entries for its eighth annual Teen Expressions contest sponsored by First Citizens Bank.
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    Restoring Family Planning Services Can Save Taxpayers Millions

    Date: February 22, 2010
    New research from Iowa could be enlightening for our state's policymakers, who are sharpening their pencils and their knives for further cuts to protective health services for young women and girls.
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    President Obama Proposes to Increase Teen Pregnancy Prevention Dollars in 2011

    Date: February 05, 2010
    This week, President Obama submitted his budget request for fiscal year (FY) 2011 to Congress, kicking off the annual federal budget and appropriations cycle.
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    Research finds preventing unintended pregnancies saves taxpayer money

    Date: February 03, 2010
    New research released Tuesday indicated money invested in family planning services carries a significant benefit.
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    New Study Finds Abstinence Only Program to be Effective

    Date: February 02, 2010
    Research findings show a significant proportion of students delayed sexual activity.
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    Survey Looks at Risk Behaviors for South Carolina High School, Middle School Students

    Date: February 01, 2010
    Percentage of high school students who engaged in sexual intercourse is still too high.
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    National Teen Pregnancy Rate Rises

    Date: January 27, 2010
    After Years of Decline, Teen Pregnancy Rates Rise
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    One-Third of Teen Mothers Do Not Earn High School Diploma or GED

    Date: January 25, 2010
    New Child Trends research finds that one in three (34 percent) young women who had been teen mothers did not earn a high school diploma or a GED, compared with only 6 percent of young women who had not had a teen birth.
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    Young Mothers

    Date: January 15, 2010
    Advocates say efforts across South Carolina need to be stepped up to target the pregnancy rate in older teens
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    Report: SC Teen Pregnancy Rates Increase

    Date: December 02, 2009
    A new report released by South Carolina's Department of Health and Environmental Control showed an increase in teen pregnancy rates for the fourth year in a row.
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    CDC Report Finds Adolescent Girls Continue To Bear A Major Burden of Common Sexually Transmitted Diseases

    Date: November 18, 2009
    Adolescent girls ages 15 - 19 years had the largest reported number of chlamydia and gonorrhea cases (409,531) when compared to any other age group.
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    Telling It Like It Is: Teen Perspectives on Romantic Relationships

    Date: November 09, 2009
    Research brief summarizes findings from focus groups that explored what teens have to say about romantic relationships.
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    Study: Options Are Key in Sexual Education Curriculum

    Date: November 06, 2009
    Teaching both abstinence, risk-reduction may lower teen STD, pregnancy rates.
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    We Could Use More Work on Campus Sexual Health

    Date: November 04, 2009
    USC moves into the top spot." It's fall in Columbia, and those six words are sure to get the attention of anyone with a pulse. When they appeared recently in The State, however, the topic wasn't football; it was sex.
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    Office of National AIDS Policy Call to Action

    Date: October 30, 2009
    President Obama Needs Your Help!
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    The Future of Abstinence

    Date: October 30, 2009
    It's been a mainstay of sex ed for more than a decade. Now, as the Obama administration cuts off federal funding, the movement scrambles for money, determined to continue its mission.
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    Teen Parents a More Diverse Group Than Most Believe

    Date: October 28, 2009
    Contrary to the perception of most Americans, the majority of teen parents are from households that are not in poverty and that are not headed by single parents.
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    Grant Will Help Educate Teens on STDs, Unplanned Pregnancy

    Date: October 28, 2009
    Thanks to a $20,000 grant to Aiken Youth Empowerment, peer educators will get additional opportunities to get needed information on reproductive issues to students at USC Aiken.
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    USC and S-E-X: School Gets Love in National Survey

    Date: October 27, 2009
    The University of South Carolina is not No. 1 in the SEC. But, according to a national survey set to be released today, USC is tops when it comes to S-E-X. Sexual health, that is.
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    Horry County Adult Education Awarded Teen Pregnancy Grant

    Date: October 26, 2009
    Horry County Schools Adult Education has been awarded a $9,500 grant for a one-year Teen Pregnancy Prevention Program.
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    National HIV/AIDS Strategy Public Meeting

    Date: October 23, 2009
    The White House Office of National AIDS Policy (ONAP) is holding a public meeting in Columbia.
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    FDA Approves Merck's Gardasil for Boys

    Date: October 20, 2009
    Drugmaker Merck said Friday that U.S. regulators cleared its vaccine Gardasil to prevent genital warts in boys, a new use for a product already approved to prevent cervical cancer in women.
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    Abortion and Unintended Pregnancy Decline

    Date: October 15, 2009
    Increases in global contraceptive use have contributed to a decrease in the number of unintended pregnancies and abortions.
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    SC Teachers Work to Prevent Child Abuse

    Date: October 15, 2009
    SC teachers are leading the nation to keep kids safe.
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    Vulnerable Youth

    Date: October 05, 2009
    A Closer Look at Reproductive Health Outcomes
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    Sep. 30 Update on Federal Budget 2010

    Date: September 30, 2009
    Senate Finance Takes Action on Federal Budget
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    Campaign Honors Representative Anton Gunn

    Date: September 30, 2009
    For his dedication and tireless support
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    District Forms Bond with Nonprofit

    Date: September 28, 2009
    Communities in Schools Aims to Prevent Dropouts
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    Combo Vaccine Reduces Risk of HIV Infection

    Date: September 28, 2009
    A vaccine to prevent HIV infection has shown modest results for the first time
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    Teen Birth Rates Higher in Bible Belt

    Date: September 16, 2009
    U.S. states with more conservative religious beliefs tend have higher rates of teenagers giving birth
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    Are 18-19 Year Olds the Population Left Behind?

    Date: September 15, 2009
    Campaign Releases Findings from Year-Long Research
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    Large U.S. Cities Vary Widely in Teen Births

    Date: September 04, 2009
    The 2009 edition of Child Trends' annual Facts at a Glance has been released.
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    Program's Name Change is Empowering

    Date: August 28, 2009
    Aiken Youth Empowerment - the new name for the nonprofit Aiken Teen Pregnancy Prevention
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    More Women Wait to Start Families

    Date: August 13, 2009
    Women in the USA and around the world are waiting longer to start families.
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    2009 Kids Count Data Book Released

    Date: August 03, 2009
    Key indicators of child well-being show slight improvements in six areas since 2000.
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    Update from Congress

    Date: July 28, 2009
    Spending bill passed by the House.
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    CDC Reports Rise in Teen Pregnancy Rates

    Date: July 22, 2009
    Since 2006, health officials at the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention have watched warily as the teen birth rate has crept up.
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    Teen Pregnancy: Epidemic Levels in Foster Care

    Date: July 22, 2009
    What's tougher being a pregnant teenager? Try being a pregnant teenager in foster care.
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    Campaign Releases Advocacy Toolkit

    Date: July 15, 2009
    Learn more at our One Voice training scheduled for Sep. 29!
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    Young Adults Still Have High Expectations for Love

    Date: July 15, 2009
    Most young adults in the U.S. have positive views of marriage and wish to marry someday.
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    Welcome to the SC Campaign Website

    Date: July 15, 2009
    We're glad you are here!
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    10th Summer Institute - Celebrating a Milestone

    Date: July 14, 2009
    In June, the SC Campaign celebrated another milestone with the completion of its 10th Summer Institute.
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    SC Campaign Featured on CDC Website

    Date: June 30, 2009
    The CDC's Adolescent Reproductive Health website has received a face lift
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    Board Chairman Receives Award

    Date: June 25, 2009
    Outgoing Board Chairman Receives Award in Honor of Dr. Murray L. Vincent
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    Road Show Visits the Coast

    Date: June 01, 2009
    Our Road Show made stops in Dillon and Myrtle Beach.
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    SC Prevention Efforts Get Nationwide Attention

    Date: May 01, 2009
    Efforts featured in Time Magazine and the Wall Street Journal
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