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  • Advocates is recruiting!

    Are you a young person (14-24 years old) who is: Passionate about fighting for young people’s rights to sexual health information and services? Interested in connecting with youth leaders from…

  • Anonymous

    I was 17 years old, and had been with my boyfriend for 5 years. We were young and dumb, and I never thought I would actually get pregnant. I was…

  • Ra

    The condom broke. I felt it and I knew. The next week, I went to the clinic at college and did a stick pregnancy test. It came back positive. I…

  • Advocates for Youth Responds to Latest Doctor Fix Bill

    Statement by Debra Hauser, President of Advocates for Youth We are terribly disappointed with the current Doc Fix bill, designed to address Medicare’s sustainable growth rate (known as SGR). While…

  • Anonymous

    I’d been on the pill for 20 years and wanted to stop just to see what my body and moods would feel without the steady stream of hormones. I considered…

  • Anonymous

    I was 31 years old and happily married to a supportive husband. We were trying to conceive, and after 9 long months, I was finally pregnant. We were both very…

  • Anonymous

    I’m an only child. I’m pretty sure my mom didn’t want me. Even through this hard truth, she still remains the love of my life. She described my conception as…

  • Anonymous

    It was my junior year in high school and I was 17 years old, A and B honor roll student and, I had been with my boyfriend for about 5…

  • Anonymous

    Everything happened more a year ago. I was dating a guy everything was going well it wasn’t until we moved in together that the emotional and physical abuse started.