Press Statements
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Statement on Trump’s First Day Executive Orders
In response to the many executive orders issued by President Donald Trump on his first day in office, Advocates for Youth President Debra Hauser shared this statement. “We condemn Trump’s…
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Advocates for Youth on Presidential Inauguration and Road Ahead
Today, on Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Donald J. Trump will become the 47th president of the United States. In response, Deb Hauser, President of the national youth reproductive and sexual…
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Students, Survivors Condemn District Court Decision to Vacate Title IX Guidance Nationwide
The U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Kentucky ruled against the Biden administration’s Title IX guidance, rescinding protections adopted in spring 2024 for student survivors, LGBTQI+ s…
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Advocates Condemns House Actions Against Transgender People
Everyone has the right to be who they are and to express their gender in ways that work for them. Yet politicians continue to villainize transgender people simply for being…
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Advocates for Youth Opposes H.R. 9495
This legislation is clearly a response to pro-Palestine and anti-war student protestors. We recognize and deplore the disingenuous use of charges of antisemitism to advance H.R. 9495. We know the…
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Know Your IX Applauds Department of Education’s Resolution of Nex Benedict Title IX Case
Nex Benedict should be alive today. While this announcement is a move toward justice for survivors of violence and abuse, many young people remain at risk. Elected officials must stop…
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Statement on the 2024 Election
Make no mistake: we are no stranger to setbacks, and youth activists will continue to strategize and mobilize against misinformation and extremism in all its forms. Advocates for Youth remains…
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The Texas Abortion Ban Has Cost A Young Person Her Life
We are devastated to learn of the death of Nevaeh Crain. No young person should face suffering and death from pregnancy complications. But political extremists have forced this danger on…
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Mourning the Losses Caused by the Texas Abortion Ban
This week brought the tragic news that the Texas abortion ban led to the deaths of at least two women in 2021. Josseli Barnica was forced to wait for miscarriage…