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  • Anonymous

    Today is 8/1/2015 and it is a day after my abortion. I am a 25 yr old mother of 2. I have a 3yr old and 11month old. I never…

  • Press Release: New National HIV/AIDS Strategy Prioritizes Sex Education and Reducing Health Disparities

    Advocates for Youth applauds the White House’s Office of National AIDS Policy on the updated National HIV/AIDS Strategy (NHAS), released today. Advocates is thrilled to have played a small role…

  • We are fed up.

    Every day, Planned Parenthood affiliates and independent abortion providers around the nation give compassionate care to women who need abortions. I am fed up with the ongoing attacks on these…

  • Nicole

    I am in the unenviable position of having had both an abortion, & a child I placed for adoption.

  • Mandy

    I’ve been pro choice since I was old enough to understand the politics of abortion. I found out I was pregnant at 18 and made the decision to parent. I…

  • Anonymous

    It was seven years ago, I was 25. I still have the questionnaire from the doctors visit. One question asked “Do you want to be pregnant? Yes/No.” I put an…

  • Anonymous

    I never expected I would have an abortion. I supported it being a legal procure, but out of a sense of ethics and feminism, not because I expected to need…

  • Press Release: Give Teens What They Need to Make Healthy Decisions

    Providing teens with information about and access to contraception before they need it is crucial to their health, we learn from the CDC’s new report Sexual Activity, Contraceptive Use, and…

  • Anonymous

    I was 12 when I first became pregnant. I had just lost my virginity and had moved with my father. I was used to guys making advances at me, as…