Press Statements
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Advocates for Youth on Florida Supreme Court Abortion Rulings
Advocates for Youth condemns the Florida Supreme Court’s decision on abortion bans, and calls on voters to stay active on ballot initiative.
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Advocates for Youth, Hope in a Box Announce Collaboration
Today, Advocates for Youth announced it has partnered with Hope in a Box to own and operate the LGBTQ+-inclusive curriculum-to-classroom program. As book bans and curriculum restrictions increasingly…
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Advocates for Youth Calls on Congress to Save HIV Funding
With a funding deadline looming, Advocates for Youth urgently calls on Congress to save HIV funding. House Republicans proposed massive cuts totalling $767 million to federal HIV/AIDS funding that sus…
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Statement on the President’s FY25 Budget
Advocates for Youth welcomes President Biden’s FY25 budget proposal, which demonstrates strong commitment to comprehensive sex education, reproductive healthcare and abortion access, HIV funding, an…
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Statement on Fifth Circuit Decision in Deanda v. Becerra
Advocates for Youth is extremely disappointed to learn the court held that the Title X statute’s confidentiality protections do not preempt or supersede Texas’s parental consent law. We are howeve…
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A Win for the Young People of Florida
This court settlement is progress and an important win for teachers, students and advocates in Florida. We need to get rid of transphobic and homophobic laws in Florida and every…
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Advocates for Youth Welcomes the Arrival of Opill to the Market
“This is a day of celebration for youth activists and the coalition of organizations who made over-the-counter birth control possible through their years of hard work and commitment. Having an…
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Mourning the Killing of Nex Benedict and Calling for Change in Oklahoma and Across the Country
Advocates for Youth mourns the death of Nex Benedict, a nonbinary high school student in Oklahoma who died after being violently attacked and beaten by fellow students in the school’s…
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Statement on Alabama Supreme Court’s Decision Granting Personhood to Embryos
Advocates for Youth condemns the decision of the Alabama Supreme Court granting personhood to embryos. The careless decision to grant embryos the legal status of human beings will have potentially…