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via TIME In the latest study on parent-child talks about sex and sexuality, researchers found that more than 40% of adolescents had had intercourse before talking to their parents about safe sex, birth control or sexually transmitted diseases. Read the full article.

The Senate health care reform bill currently contains provisions to restore abstinence-only-until-marriage program funding -- money that Obama eliminated earlier this year! Click here to sign on a letter to Congress.

Help advance reproductive justice for all Illinois youth.

Thursday | November 12, 2009

6 - 8 pm

Three Peas Art Lounge

Late last night, the Senate Finance Committee approved two amendments to the health care reform bill that would provide millions of dollars in funding -- one for comprehensive sexual health education and the other for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs.

via The New York Times

This innovative youth-produced video uses a sex-positive and LGBTQ-inclusive educational approach as a practical alternative to abstinence-only education. The voices of HIV positive urban youth encourage their peers to combat the spread of HIV/AIDS through safter-sex practices and activism.

Tell Governor Quinn to reject funding for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs in Illinois! In Fiscal Year 2008, Illinois received nearly $8 million through the federal Title V program for abstinence-only programs in schools and communities.

Apply now for Action Out Loud! Hosted by the Illinois Caucus for Adolescent Health, Action Out Loud! is a weeklong, daytime youth advocacy training camp in downtown Chicago designed for youth ages 14-20. Participants receive in-depth trainings on sexual and reproductive health, young parent, and social justice issues.

On May 20, 2009

April is STD Awareness Month - Watch this cool new PSA about getting tested for STDs.

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