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Support medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education for New York State youth.



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Get the Facts NY supports the right of every young person to access the information and develop the skills necessary to make safe and responsible choices about his or her sexual health. Get the Facts NY advocates for medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education for youth in New York State.

Did you know in New York State…
There were nearly 40,000 teen pregnancies in 2005.
1 in 4 teenage girls has a sexually transmitted infection according to the Centers for Disease Control.
More than 6 in 10 high school students will have sex before they graduate.


It is critical that young people have access to accurate information and services. Get the Facts NY is dedicated to ensuring that New York’s young people aren’t left in the dark, and to enabling young people to make responsible choices about sex.

Get the Facts NY represents a broad constituency of young people and their parents, education professionals, health care providers, religious leaders, child and health advocates, and policy organizations.

View our list of campain members.

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developments

• April 30, 2008

NEW: SCIENCE vs. SUCCESS, SECOND EDITION - Sex Education and Other Programs that Work to Prevent Teen Pregnancy, HIV and Sexually Transmitted Infections.

Check out this new resource at AdvocatesforYouth.org

• April 28, 2008

USING TEACHABLE MOMENTS TO CONVEY SAFER SEX MESSAGES TO YOUNG PEOPLE - Adults can be most effective by providing the information and support needed to promote responsible decision-making in youth and help ensure transition to adulthood is safe and healthy.

Check out this new resource at HealthyTeenNetwork.org

• April 21, 2008

KEEPING PREGNANT AND PARENTING STUDENTS FROM DROPPING OUT: A GUIDE FOR POLICYMAKERS AND SCHOOLS - A new policy brief from Healthy Teen Network and National Women's Law Center explains how pregnant and parenting students are protected from discrimination under Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972. The brief also includes recommendations for policymakers and school administrators to ensure this population of students is able to graduate like their non-parenting peers.

Check out this new resource at HealthyTeenNetwork.org

TEEN PREGNANCY: EXPLORING THE MEANS OF PREVENTION, EDUCATION AND CARE FOR TEENAGE PARENTS - Jamestown paper highlights local efforts to prevent teen pregancy and help teen parents.

Read the Post-Journal.com article.

• April 17, 2008

SENATE MUST BRING HEALTHY TEENS ACT TO A VOTE - letter to the editor at

TimesUnion.com

• March 24, 2008

STUDY: COMPREHENSIVE SEX ED CUTS TEEN PREGNANCY - Students who receive comprehensive sex education are half as likely to become teen parents as those who get none or abstinence-only sex education, according to researchers at the University of Washington published in this month's Journal of Adolescent Health.

Read the Yahoo.com story.

Read the SeattleTimes.com story.

• March 11, 2008

1 in 4 TEENAGE GIRLS HAS AN STD - CDC says 3.2 million adolescent girls have at least one of the most common STDs.

Read the CDC press release.

Listen to the NPR.org story.

Read theNYTimes.com story.

• March 10, 2008

200 TEENS ATTEND 2008 GET THE FACTS NY YOUTH LEADERSHIP CONFERENCE

March 10, 2008

in Albany, NY

Read all about it...

Check out photos here!

• February 29, 2008

BEYOND THE "BIG TALK" - American Academy of Pediatrics releases study stresses the importance of talking to children early and more often about sex. Discussions ease parent-child communication.

Read the AAP study.

Read the CBSNews.com story.

IOWA TO REJECT FEDERAL ABSTINENCE-ONLY FUNDING - Will send back $320,000.

Read the RHRealityCheck.org story.

 


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