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  • Margaret

    I was 43 when I became pregnant for the first time. I had been sexually active, often without contraception, since my early teens and had begun to think that getting…

  • Anonymous

    I have been with my boyfriend for about 2 years now. We know that we want to be together forever, but we are both in school right now. I am…

  • Testing Makes Us Stronger

    Advocates for Youth is proud to lead the Testing Makes Us Stronger (TMUS) campaign. Approximately 1 in 4 new HIV infections is among youth ages 13-24. Of that number, same-gender loving blac…

  • Declare your love for safe abortion care

    Want to show your love for access to safe abortion care this Valentine’s Day? Bee sweet to your honey, or some otter special person in your life and send them a 1 in 3…

  • Press Release: Advocates for Youth Takes Lead on Testing Makes Us Stronger Campaign

    For Immediate Release  February 6, 2015 Contact Rachel Cooke 202.419.3420 [email protected] In honor of National Black HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NBHAAD) on February 6, Advocates for Yout…

  • The International Human Rights Defense Act

    This week, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) introduced the International Human Rights Defense Act (IHDRA), a bicameral piece of legislation that calls on the U.S. Stat…

  • Press Release: Advocates for Youth Statement on the Introduction of the International Human Rights Defense Act

    For immediate Release: January 29, 2015 Contact: Rachel Cooke // 202.419.3420 x45 [email protected] Today, Senator Ed Markey (D-MA) and Representative Alan Lowenthal (D-CA) introduced…

  • The attacks are relentless

    Forty-two years after the Roe v Wade decision legalized abortion, attacks on access to safe abortion care are relentless, from state legislatures, to the media, to the very sidewalks outside…

  • Cheyenne

    I was 19 and had been dating a guy for about three months when we discovered I had become pregnant. We were on a vacation when I began to have…