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Make Your Voices Heard on International Youth Day! 9 Aug 2013 | 04:41 pm
by Janine Kossen, Director, Public Policy Every August 12, the world celebrates International Youth Day. This year’s theme is “Youth Migration: Moving Development Forward.” As advocates dedicated to...
GACC applications are now OPEN! 2 Aug 2013 | 12:31 am
Start the school year off right: apply to become a Great American Condom Campaign SafeSite and receive 500 Trojan condoms to help finally make condoms normal on your college campus. The Great America...
Stop the Return of the Global Gag Rule 23 Jul 2013 | 09:34 pm
Before President Obama took office, foreign non-governmental organizations receiving international family planning funds couldn’t answer women’s questions about abortion. They couldn’t provide abortio...
We Mourn Trayvon Martin 15 Jul 2013 | 06:41 pm
The circumstances surrounding Trayvon Martin’s death and subsequent trial stand as a painful reminder of the implicit and explicit racism, prejudice and danger many young people face in the course of ...
They won't silence us 10 Jul 2013 | 01:14 pm
Across the country -- in Texas, Ohio, North Carolina, Wisconsin, and too many other states -- access to safe abortion care is vanishing before our eyes because of unnecessary and burdensome restrictio...
Congratulations to Barbara Huberman! 3 Jul 2013 | 07:42 pm
We are delighted to announce that Advocates for Youth’s Director of Education Barbara Huberman is this year’s winner of the Healthy Teen Network’s Carol Mendez Cassell Award! The award recognizes sex...
An Open Letter to Senator Wendy Davis and the People’s Filibuster 26 Jun 2013 | 04:49 pm
Today, you are our heroes. You stared down a bullying Texas legislature that had repeatedly shown it would stop at nothing to pass a sweeping abortion restriction bill that would endanger millions of...
Introducing Condomology 24 Jun 2013 | 05:12 pm
Whether you need info about condoms yourself or are a peer educator and/or activist looking to get the facts to a friend, Condomology is the place to start. Condomology is a new initiative from the A...
Important Victory for HIV Prevention and Treatment ADvocates 20 Jun 2013 | 08:24 pm
by Janine Kossen, Director, Public Policy BREAKING NEWS: Today, the US Supreme Court ruled 6-2 that the Anti-Prostitution Pledge (or the Anti-Prostitution Loyalty Oath—APLO) is unconstitutional becau...
Standing together for Beatriz and for each other 17 Jun 2013 | 05:27 pm
On Tuesday, over 100 activists gathered together in DC\'s Dupont Circle to honor Beatriz and all women who have experienced abortion at a vigil hosted by Advocates for Youth, Ipas, Religious Coalitio...
