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January 2006
Advocates for Youth's Youth Activist Network Newsletter
Leading Medical Association Rejects Abstinence-Only Policies—Programs at Odds With Medical Ethics and Basic Human Rights
The Society of Adolescent Medicine, in one of the most exhaustive reviews to date of government-funded abstinence-only programs, has rejected current administration policy that promotes abstinence as the only sexual health prevention strategy for young people in the United States and abroad.
To read the press release, and the report, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/news/press/010506.htm
Will the Politics of Teen Sex Stop a Cancer Vaccine?
After a decade of development, two drug companies—Merck and GlaxoSmithKline—are close to marketing the first ever vaccines that show 100 percent efficacy in combating the most dangerous strains of the human papilloma virus (HPV), the cause of almost all cervical cancers.
However, groups that promote an abstinence-only-until-marriage approach to sex education intensely market the threat of HPV as a reason for promoting abstinence only. They claim a vaccine will promote promiscuity by lessening people’s fears regarding HPV and cervical cancer.
To read the Media Brief, please visit:
http://www.advocatesforyouth.org/publications/cancervaccine.htm
Join Advocates’ Youth Activist Network!
Advocates’ Youth Activist Network (YAN) consists of youth across the country who fight for young people’s right to accurate sexual health information and services so that they can prevent unintended pregnancy and/or STIs, including HIV. Network members advocate for comprehensive sex education and for science-based HIV prevention at home and abroad. The YAN works to change policies that are harmful to young people into policies that support youth’s access to accurate sexual health information and confidential health care.
To become a member of the Youth Activist Network contact Advocates for Youth at 202.419.3420 or send an e-mail to information@advocatesforyouth.org.
YouthResource.com: A New Look!
Youthresource.com, a Web site for gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender and questioning (GLBTQ) young people that takes a holistic approach to sexual health and exploring issues of concern to GLBTQ youth, is a project of Advocates for Youth.
The Web site has just been redesigned, and is now easier to navigate with five key areas: health, advocacy, queer living, in the news and voices.
Visit the newly designed Web site at:
http://www.youthresource.com
New Publications at Advocates for Youth
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