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  • Angie, Photographed by Michelle Kanaar

    I have been told that God can punish me for my abortions, but I know that God’s love doesn’t work that way. It was thanks to the 2 abortions that…

  • Alli, Photographed by Hadley Green

    I think about how my life has a night shift nurse would be vastly different if I had not had my abortions. I would be struggling to find child care…

  • Alexis Padriga Lim, Self Portrait

    artifacts i think i got pregnant on this bedspread. a queen sheet, taken from the curb outside an anthropologie in soho. it covered a mattress found on craigslist.

  • Yamani, Photographed by Nicole Harrison

    In 2011, I proudly told my abortion story for the first time publicly via Advocates for Youth’s 1 in 3 story-telling project because I was inspired by the project to…

  • Young people led us to victory in California

    Today, California Governor Gavin Newsom signed the College Student Right to Access, or Senate Bill 24 by Senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino). Advocates for Youth celebrates the signing of this historic…

  • The Supreme Court Must Protect Abortion Access in Louisiana

    Today, the Supreme Court announced that it would hear June Medical Services vs McGee, a case challenging a Louisiana law that would close every clinic in the state but one. …

  • Alex

    I was going into my senior year at a small private high school. I had many friends and a long-term boyfriend at the time; however, our relationship was not stable.

  • Statement on Planned Parenthood and Title X

    It is deeply troubling that Planned Parenthood has been forced out of the Title X program – putting access to affordable birth control and other family planning services out of…

  • Trump’s “Public Charge” Rule Puts Young People At Risk

    The Trump administration has once again shown its xenophobia in finalizing a rule that punishes immigrants for using public assistance. The “Public Charge” rule – which is set to take…