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  • We should all be a part of the movement to end police violence

    Young people have the right to lead healthy lives. But this right is violated every day by institutionalized violence against people of color. The police killings of Alton Sterling and…

  • We should all be a part of the movement to end police violence

    Young people have the right to lead healthy lives. But this right is violated every day by institutionalized violence against people of color. The police killings of Alton Sterling and…

  • Disappointing House funding bill disregards youth sexual health

    Advocates for Youth is troubled by the appropriations bill that heads to subcommittee markup today which would remove funding to vital adolescent health programs. The House Appropriations Committee re…

  • Anonymous

    I’m 23 years old when I took the pregnancy test not one ounce of me was excited.

  • Anonymous

    It was the summer after I graduated from my college and I was on my way to law school. I was 20.

  • Anonymous

    I am a physician. I live in a very conservative area.

  • Kaya

    I found out I was pregnant on a hot summer afternoon, my hands shaking as a peed on a pregnancy test.

  • Anonymous

    Five years ago, I was pregnant with our second baby.