:: PRESS RELEASES ::
The latest from Family Planning Advocates and the Get the Facts NY campaign.
May 8 , 2007
HEALTHY TEENS ACT ONE STEP CLOSER TO BECOMING LAW
April 13 , 2007
FEDERAL ABSTINENCE-ONLY PROGRAMS NOT PROVEN EFFECTIVE, REPORT SHOWS
January 23, 2007
HEALTHY TEENS ACT INTRODUCED IN NYS SENATE AND ASSEMBLY - Bipartisan legislation would provide funding for real sex education for young people
April 4, 2006
HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS FROM ACROSS NEW YORK STATE MEET WITH LEGISLATORS IN ALBANY TO ADVOCATE FOR COMPREHENSIVE SEX EDUCATION
Healthy Teens Act Passes Assembly by a
vote of 127 - 15.
April 3, 2006
NEW RESEARCH FINDS WIDESPREAD SUPPORT FOR SEX EDUCATION IN NEW YORK
Republicans and Catholics Among Those Showing Strong Support -- 9 Out of 10 Voters Say Students Should Have Information About Contraception and STDs
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January 24, 2006
NEW YORK NEEDS REAL SEX EDUCATION
Society of Adolescent Medicine: Abstinence Only Doesn't Work -- Spending on Failed Abstinence Only Programs Increased By $1 Million in New York
June 14, 2005
FEDS SPEND $1 BILLION ON UNPROVEN ABSTINENCE-ONLY SEX EDUCATION Healthy Teens Act Would Fund Age-Appropriate, Medically Accurate Sex Education for New York
June 7, 2005
NYS Assembly Passes Healthy Teens Act
May 24, 2005
Assembly Ways and Means Committee Takes Action on Healthy Teens Act
May 10, 2005
Assembly Health Committee Takes Action on Healthy Teens Act
April 12, 2005
Concerned Clergy for Choice Advocate for Real Sex Education for Teens
June 22, 2004
National Study Indicates NYS Sex Education Programs Inadequate
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