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  • U.S. House of Representatives Passes Pro-Reproductive and Sexual Health Spending Bill

    Last week, the U.S. House of Representatives passed the FY 2020 Labor, Health and Human Services and State and Foreign Operations spending package on a vote of 226-203. This package…

  • Statement on the 9th Circuit decision about the Title X Gag Rule

    The 9th Circuit Court has joined the war on young people, people of color, low income families, and all those who need quality reproductive health care with Thursday’s decision to…

  • Airbnb and Advocates for Youth partner for a Special WorldPride Live Filming of Kikis with Louie

    The episode of the new YouTube Series for LGBTQ+ Youth is titled “DRAG ACROSS GENERATIONS” and will feature drag kid Desmond Is Amazing, contemporary drag queen Shangela, and drag elder…

  • Anonymous

    I was 19 and in my first year of college. Making friends was hard so I got a serving job to stay busy, pay the bills, and hopefully make some…

  • Anonymous

    We’d decided a year ago that I would stop birth control because of difficulties with side effects, and in combination with our usual withdrawal method and ovulation tracking, we thought…

  • Sarah

    I had a suction abortion at 4.5 weeks pregnant yesterday. I read lots of stories hoping to find more details than I did about the process itself, So I’ve decided…

  • Katie

    Six years ago I discovered I was pregnant whilst in an abusive relationship. I opted for an abortion. The idea that my life would be tied to the fathers filled…

  • Anonymous

    I’m 24 I found I was pregnant about a week after my boyfriend left for army deployment 7000 miles away and wouldn’t be home for about 10 months.

  • Susan

    I was pregnant and had an abortion at 22. In 1976.