FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
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CONTACT:
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Bill
Barker
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Friday, April 23, 2004
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(202) 419-3420
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Young People to Make Their Voices Heard at the March for Women's
Lives
Youth Coordinator from Advocates for Youth Featured Speaker at Rally
WASHINGTON,
DC (April 23, 2004) Kayley Harrington, a 21-year-old
American University student and Co-Coordinator of Advocates
for Youth's
International Youth Leadership
Council, will speak Sunday at the March
for Women's Lives rally.
"I'm honored to lend a voice for thousands of young people
who will be attending the March for Women's Lives," said
Harrington, who plans on addressing the vital role youth play in the
battle to keep reproductive freedoms available for all women. "Young
people represent the present and the future of this movement.
Today, we march with all of those who have fought for
so long to ensure our
right to choose. This generation pledges to continue
to fight and to preserve that right for future generations."
Following the March, the rally will be held from 1:00–4:00 p.m.
on the National Mall. This rally will feature some of the biggest names
in the field of reproductive rights, all of whom are focused on one goal—protecting
women's rights against an assault from the Bush administration.
"The real threat to our reproductive freedom comes from 1600 Pennsylvania
Avenue," said Harrington. "Young women my age not only
face obstacles in exercising our right to choose, but
in obtaining the information and services that make abortion
less necessary."
"This March will put politicians on notice," concluded Harrington. "Young
women's reproductive rights—the right to family planning
services, comprehensive sex education, emergency
contraception, and,
yes, when necessary, abortion—these rights are not negotiable."
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Advocates for Youth is a national, nonprofit
organization that creates programs and supports policies
that help young people make
safe, responsible decisions about their sexual and reproductive
health.
Note to Editors and Producers: For more information
or to set up an interview with adolescent sexuality experts,
please contact Bill Barker at (202) 419-3420.
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