
Press Statements
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Statement on Biden Administration Comments on Gender Affirming Care
This week the Biden Administration issued a confusing statement opposing gender-affirming surgery for transgender youth, a departure from their public commitment to expanding access to the broad spect…
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Youth, Advocates: EMTALA is Essential Health Care
Everyone experiencing a health crisis should have access to life-saving health care, without political interference – including pregnant people who need an abortion. Today, the Supreme Court has ref…
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Youth, Advocates: Medication Abortion is Safe and Effective
The Supreme Court made the right decision today, rejecting anti-abortion extremists’ attempt to exploit the judicial system to bring a case with no merit before the Court. Medication abortion is…
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Statement on the Biden Administration’s Executive Order on Asylum
The Biden Administration’s recent executive order is a shameful attack on the safety, health, and dignity of asylum seekers, and puts many young people in harm’s way.
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Sex Ed Win in Education Budget Bill Celebrated by Youth Advocates
New law creates a statewide standard whereas previously health education standards were the only required academic standard determined at the local level
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Job Opening: Coordinator of Digital Organizing & Mass Mobilization
Advocates for Youth is seeking a Coordinator of Digital Organizing & Mass Mobilization who will use email blasts and social media campaigns to expand, engage, and mobilize Advocates for Youth’s…
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Students, Survivors Celebrate New Title IX Rules At Last
After years of pressure from students and survivors of sexual violence, the Biden Administration’s Title IX update will make schools safer and more accessible for young people, many of whom…
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Young People Advocating for Peace in the Middle East Should Not Face Retaliation
Advocates condemns the harassment and threats experienced by young activists and staff in our movements working for the rights of Palestinians and against Islamophobia and antisemitism. Young people h…
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Advocates for Youth on Arizona Abortion Ruling
Young people are disgusted, but they are not dejected…If policymakers won’t deliver on the abortion access we all deserve, young people will organize to do it themselves.