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Posted on 25/6/08

WLTX - While the teen pregnancy rate has decreased nationally and state-wide, experts say there are still too many young women getting pregnant in South Carolina.

Seventeen-year-old Samantha Arnold became a mother when most of her peers were thinking about prom.

Samantha said, "I thought I was in love. I really didn't think about getting pregnant. I only thought about what made him happy." One decision led to a lifetime of change. "It's a 24 hour job. You don't get a break. You're constantly wondering if they're okay and what they're thinking."

According to Forrest Alton, Executive Director of the South Carolina Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, the numbers have decreased over the last 14 years, but there's still a problem.

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