ADVOCATES FOR YOUTH

Organizational Endorsements of the Responsible Education About Life Act

The Responsible Education About Life Act (the REAL Act), introduced by Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA) and Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ), will provide funding to states for medically accurate, age appropriate, comprehensive sex education in the schools. Over 125 national and state organizations are supporting The REAL Act, including medical, civil rights, family planning, educational, public health, reproductive rights, and HIV/AIDS organizations.

• Addiction, Research and Treatment Center
• Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention Coalition of North Carolina
• Advocates for Youth
• African American AIDS Policy and Training Institute
• AIDS Action
• AIDS Alliance for Children, Youth, and Families
• AIDS Foundation of Chicago
• Alliance for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in Delaware
• Alliance for Young Families
• American Academy of Pediatrics
• American Association for Health Education
• American Association of Sex Educators, Counselors and Therapists
• American Association of University Women
• American Association on Mental Retardation
• American Civil Liberties Union
• American College Health Association (ACHA)
• American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists
• American Medical Student Association
• American Nurses Association
• American School Health Association
• American Social Health Association
• Americans for Democratic Action
• Americans for Religious Liberty
• Association of Maternal and Child Health Programs
• Balm in Gilead
• California Alliance Concerned with School Age Parents and Pregnancy Prevention
• Catholics for a Free Choice
• Center for Health and Gender Equity
• Center for Law and Social Policy
• Center for Reproductive Rights
• Center for Women's Policy Studies
• Central New York Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, Inc.
• Charlottesville Sexual Health and Wellness Clinic
• Child Welfare League of America
• Choice USA
• Constituency for Africa
• DC Campaign to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• Disciples for Choice
• Feminist Majority
• Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network
• Gay Men of African Descent
• Gay Men's Health Crisis
• Gay-Straight Alliance Network
• Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
• Girls Incorporated
• Greene County Family Planning
• Health Care International
• Health Initiatives for Youth
• HIV Community Coalition of Metropolitan DC
• Housing Works, Inc.
• Human Rights Campaign
• Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health
• Instituto Familiar El Milagro de la Vida
• Iowa Network for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention
• Justice and Witness Ministries, United Church of Christ
• Kentucky Coalition on Teenage Pregnancy
• Legal Momentum
• Maryland Affiliate of the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund
• Minnesota Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Prevention and Parenting
• Ms. Foundation for Women
• NA'AMAT USA
• NARAL Pro-Choice America
• Nashville Cares
• National Abortion Federation
• National Alliance of State and Territorial AIDS Directors
• National Association for the Advancement of Colored People
• National Association for Victims of Transfusion-Acquired AIDS
• National Association of County and City Health Officials
• National Association of Nurse Practitioners in Women's Health
• National Association of People With AIDS
• National Black Leadership Commission on AIDS
• National Education Association
• National Coalition of STD Directors
• National Council of Jewish Women
• National Council of La Raza
• National Family Planning and Reproductive Health Association
• National Organization on Adolescent Pregnancy, Parenting and Prevention, Inc
• National Network for Youth
• National Partnership for Women and Families
• National Women's Health Network
• National Women's Law Center
• National Youth Advocacy Coalition
• New Mexico Teen Pregnancy Prevention Coalition
• New York State Council on Adolescent Pregnancy, Inc.
• The NiteStar Program
• NY Metro Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Ohio Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Okeechobee County Family Health
• Outreach, Inc. (Atlanta, GA)
• Pacific Institute for Women's Health
• Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbian & Gays
• Pennsylvania Coalition to Prevent Teen Pregnancy
• People For the American Way
• Physicians for Reproductive Choice and Health^®
• Planned Parenthood Affiliates of California, Inc.
• Planned Parenthood Federation of America
• Planned Parenthood Golden Gate
• Planned Parenthood Health Services of Southwestern Oregon
• Planned Parenthood of Collier County
• Planned Parenthood of Idaho
• Planned Parenthood of North Central Florida
• Planned Parenthood of Northern New York
• Planned Parenthood of Palm Beach and Treasure Coast Area
• Planned Parenthood of South Central New York, Inc.
• Population Connection
• Presbyterian Church (USA)
• Presbyterians Affirming Reproductive Choice
• ProChoice Resource Center
• Rainbow PUSH Coalition
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Connecticut
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Indiana
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Massachusetts
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Minnesota
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Missouri
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Northern California
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Ohio
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Southern California
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Texas
• Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice of Washington State
• Religious Coalition of Georgians for Choice
• Religious Institute for Sexual Morality, Justice and Healing
• San Diego City Schools
• San Francisco AIDS Foundation
• Seminole County Healthy Start Coalition
• Sexuality Education for Life—Minnesota
• Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States
• Society for Adolescent Medicine
• The AIDS Institute
• The Alan Guttmacher Institute
• The Children's Aid Society
• The Media Project
• The Society for the Scientific Study of Sexuality
• Title II Community AIDS National Network
• Unitarian Universalist Association of Congregations
• United Methodist Church, General Board of Church and Society
• Women & Teens Community Healthcare, Inc.
• Women of Reform Judaism
• Women's Ministries, Episcopal Church Center