Press Statements

  • Koi

    I hope we continue to provide safe and accessible abortion clinics. I am grateful I was strong and I got through it.

  • Eline

    It is your decision, and yours only! Don’t be scared to stand up for what you believe in.

  • Mimi

    Maybe 6 months after it happened I realised it wasn’t a good or a bad decision- that in fact it was just ‘a’ decision.

  • D

    I was trying to get out of an abusive relationship and just wasn’t ready to raise a child on my own.

  • Statement on Supreme Court’s Overturn of Roe and Casey

    Abortion has always been and will continue to be healthcare that those of us who can become pregnant will seek out–even at grave cost to ourselves. Rest assured, abortion access…

  • Statement on Hyde-Free FY 2023 Budget

    After years of ongoing advocacy, Advocates for Youth applauds the House Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies for introducing its FY 2023 spen…

  • Kay

    It was three days after my 18th birthday when I decided to graduate high school instead of being a single teen mother.

  • Student Survivor Organizers Comment on the Biden Administration’s Proposed Changes to Title IX

    “We are glad to see that so many of the changes that student survivors, organizers, and survivor advocates have pushed for are included in the proposed regulations. We will continue…

  • Statement on SCOTUS decision in New York State Rifle & Pistol Asso­ci­ation Inc. v Bruen

    The Court has let the gun lobby’s interests take precedence over basic public safety. Advocates for Youth condemns this cruel and dangerous dereliction of duty. Nearly every day, we are…