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Rights. Respect.
Responsibility.®: What Youth Activists Can Do
Today, over one-third of
all U.S. schools censors information about contraception and disease
prevention. "Just
Say No" has become the sexual health program promoted by the U.S. government.
Over $500 million dollars in federal and state funds have been allocated
to teach young people that "abstinence until marriage is the only acceptable
form of human sexual behavior."
But there is a better way.
The rates of teenage births, abortions and STI are significantly lower in
countries where sexual health information is widely available, young people
are encouraged to use contraception, and youth are valued. As a young person,
you have the right to sexual health information and services. You have the
right to become a sexually healthy adult. Young people can educate each
other and speak out as advocates for youth.
Join together with other youth activists in the Keep it REAL Campaign as they raise their voices about the need for honest sex education in communities
across the United States >>
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