Press Statements
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Statement On The Women’s Health Protection Act
Advocates for Youth welcomes the introduction of the Women’s Health Protection Act (WHPA), which was introduced with historic support in both chambers, with 42 co-sponsors in the Senate and 171…
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Statement On Hud’s Proposed Rule Allowing Shelters To Discriminate
“HUD’s proposed rule allowing shelters to discriminate against transgender young people not only would cause grave harm, but is another moral outrage in a string of brutal attacks by this…
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IDAHOT/ Equality Act statement
Advocates for Youth applauds the House’s passage of the Equality Act Advocates for Youth applauds the House of Representatives’ passage of the Equality Act (H.R.5) with a vote of 236…
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Advocates for Youth Welcomes Legislation to Modernize Sex Ed and Health Care for Young People
Congresswoman Barbara Lee (D-CA-13) introduced the Real Education for Healthy Youth Act (REHYA), which would expand access to quality sex education across the country by creating the first-ever federa…
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Statement on Extreme Abortion Laws
Near-total abortion bans passed in Alabama, Georgia, and four other states, effectively outlaw abortion care. These bills do not represent a chipping away of abortion access. They are not enacting…
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Advocates for Youth applauds Gilead Pharmaceuticals for its groundbreaking donation of PrEP
Advocates for Youth applauds Gilead Pharmaceuticals for its groundbreaking donation of PrEP
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Trump’s Nomination of Kelly Knight Craft as the U.S. Ambassador to the UN
The Trump-Pence administration will stop at nothing to attack the health and rights of LGBTQ people, immigrants, and young people across the world. The U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations…
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New Trump rule puts young people at risk
Today the Department of Health and Human Services released a final rule that allows insurance companies, pharmacies, nurses and doctors, and other entities to refuse care to patients. It is…
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Reproductive health, rights and justice groups launch Sex Ed for All month
Key Education Legislation to Be Introduced During Month of May