Press Statements
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Advocates for Youth Opposes Puberty Blocker Bills
Advocates for Youth is strongly opposed to South Dakota’s “puberty blocker bill” and similar proposed laws around the nation which ban transgender children and young people from access to hormon…
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Statement on New Regulations Barring Pregnant Visitors from the U.S.
Advocates for Youth condemns in the strongest possible terms the State Department’s new regulation concerning the denial of visas to people who are pregnant or simply appear to be pregnant.…
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New Year, Same Attacks on Abortion Access
“We’re not surprised to learn that more than 200 Republican members of the United States Congress have signed a letter openly requesting the Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade. …
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New rule strips millions of abortion coverage
This morning, the Trump Administration finalized a rule that will take insurance coverage of abortion away from millions of patients. The rule requires that plans on the Affordable Care Act…
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Youth Activists on 100 Campuses Join the Movement to Free the Pill
With the creation of the Free the Pill Youth Network, youth activists from across the country are demanding access to birth control that’s over the counter, covered by insurance, and…
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Doctors Agree: Fake Clinics Hurt Young People
Today, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) issued a joint statement taking the position that so-call…