Press Statements

  • Deidre

    When I was 15, I had a sleepover with 2 girls who were daughters of a friend of my parents.

  • Anonymous

    I am not sure why I am telling this story. I don’t even know what to make of it myself. Maybe because I don’t hear a lot of stories like…

  • Sherri

    I have had two abortions.

  • Anonymous

    I was 20 and had been with my boyfriend for over a year when birth control failed.

  • Naomi

    I had an abortion 2 years ago. I was lucky to detect it very early on and even more lucky to live in a state (NY) where I was able…

  • Nora

    My story is very unremarkable. I was 20 years old and got pregnant by my boyfriend, someone whom I knew I would not be with forever.

  • Anne

    I had an abortion in 2002, in India, in a hospital, with pre/post-op just like any other procedure.

  • Sonia

    I was 48 and married. Our daughter had just started her first year at college.

  • Press Release: Advocates Receives Grants from Gilead to Build a New Generation of HIV Activists

    WASHINGTON, DC – Advocates for Youth has been awarded $150,000 in grants by Gilead Sciences, Inc., to help build the next generation of HIV advocates and to support community-based organizations…