Press Statements

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

A new report released today from national nonprofit  Advocates for Youth and reproductive and sexual health virtual clinic Hey Jane indicates that the majority of young people around the country…

While today is an important milestone in the fight for comprehensive Title IX protections, the Department of Education must also finalize its guidance safeguarding transgender students’ access to at…

Advocates condemns the Ohio legislature for the passage of a series of anti-transgender bills, over the override of Gov. DeWine.  We are deeply saddened by the trauma and discrimination Ohio…

The brief argues that Idaho’s recently passed Abortion Travel Ban, §18-623, exacerbates existing barriers young people in the state face when attempting to seek abortion care and actively harms the…