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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…

• 110 teenage girls will become pregnant today.

• 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 campaign members.

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Save the Date!

Youth Leadership Conference

Monday, March 15, 2010

Albany, NY

Click here to register.

• December 22, 2009

Teen birth rate rises in 2007 for second year in a row - More babies were born to teen mothers in 2007 than the previous year, making it the second year in a row that the teen birth rate has seen an increase, according to the CDC

Read the DailyNews.com article.

• December 15, 2009

Gaps Found in Young People's Sex Knowledge - Most sexually active, unmarried, young adults believe pregnancy should be planned, but about half do not use contraception regularly, according to a new study.

Read the CNN.com article.

Download the report.

• December 14, 2009

Congress Prioritizes Reproductive Health in 2010 Appropriations Bill -eliminates abstinence-only funding and supports comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention.

Read the Planned Parenthood press release.

• December 7, 2009

Parents' Sex Talk with Kids: Too Little, Too Late - researchers found that more than 40% of adolescents had had intercourse before talking to their parents about safe sex

Read the Time.com article.

• December 4, 2009

Sex and the City Schools. At the tail end of 2009, living in Greenwich Village, in New York City, it's shocking to realize we're moving backwards.

Read the HuffingtonPost.com piece.

• December 1, 2009

Today is World AIDS Day.

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