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Behind the Scenes of 'What Would You Do?' Teen Pregnancy Scenario

ByROBERT ZEPEDA
February 16, 2011, 7:54 PM

Feb. 19, 2011 — -- In the snow-covered fields in the quaint town of Chippewa Falls, Wis., population 13,493, you can easily hear roosters crowing and cows mooing.

But at Jared Smith's barn you will also find close to 150 rabbits hopping around. Smith is a busy man. When he is not breeding and caring for his rabbits he can also be found at Chippewa Valley Technical College, where he is studying agriculture science with an emphasis on animals. If you think his plate isn't full enough, he is also on "grammy duty" four days a week, caring for his 83-year-old grandmother, who has Alzheimer's disease.

CLICK HERE to read more about the teen pregancy scenario.

An avid viewer of "What Would You Do?" he decided to tackle our "How Would You Do It?" contest with a hot-button subject: teen pregnancy and abortion. After reading through nearly 12,000 entries for ABC News' "What Would You Do? How Would You Do It?" earlier this year, we narrowed entries down and decided that Smith's, about a boyfriend harassing his girlfriend into having an abortion, was one of the best.

Host John Quinones called him to give him the news, saying, "Guess why I'm calling you, because you are one of our grand prize winners."

"Wow, this is so unreal!" Smith exclaimed.

Smith knew of two people who had to face the challenges of teen pregnancy .

While discussing how he came up with the idea he explains, "I wanted to link that with something that was controversial, that would evoke emotion or response."

Smith has only days to get ready for his trip to New York, but he hits the ground running after talking to John Quinones.

"I just have all this stuff to do in such a short amount of time, but it'll be worth it because I'm gonna go out to New York and I'm gonna watch my idea filmed," he says.

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