Hi John,

For folks working in reproductive health, rights, and justice, it’s been a rough year. The end of Roe v. Wade has decimated abortion access in many areas. Coordinated yet baseless attacks on sex education have cut many students off from lifesaving information. And for LGBTQ+ people, their very existence is under attack through tragic violence in public spaces, and in rhetoric from far right pundits and politicians.These devastating losses hit young people, especially marginalized young people, the hardest.

Yet, in the face of these attacks, young people remain a beacon of light. Their tenacity, innovation, and brilliance gives us hope.

Donate $50, $100, or $250 to Advocates for Youth to support young people working for reproductive and sexual health and rights

Youth turnout helped change the course of the midterm elections. Young people are fighting back on abortion bans and helping people find abortion care when they need it. Youth activists are speaking out and walking out to protest transphobic and homophobic policies around the country. As President of Advocates for Youth, it’s my honor to work alongside them.

Advocates’ youth activists, propelled by the dangers of the current cultural and political landscape, continue to fight for positive change in their communities and for their peers. In fact, Advocates’ youth activists have had some incredible victories this year that deserve to be celebrated!

• Our young people worked tirelessly for the past year to advocate in support of a Massachusetts bill that would require all public colleges and universities in the state to make medication abortion services available at campus health centers. The bill was signed into law by the governor this fall.
• Our Know Your IX youth activists worked tirelessly to inform the Biden Administration’s proposed amendments to restore crucial protections for student victims of sexual harassment, assault, and gender-based discrimination. Together with staff, these young people submitted a 68-page comment to the Department of Education emphasizing the importance of these protections for student survivors.
• Our #FreeThePill youth campaign supported the first-ever application to the United States Food and Drug Administration to take a birth control pill over-the-counter. The FDA soon will announce the timing of its advisory committee hearing on the application.



It is a time filled with uncertainty and doubt. We do not know what the future holds, nor what the political or reproductive rights and justice landscape will look like in six months. But, we are committed to continuing to build a strong and well-positioned pipeline of young leaders who will fight passionately to secure youth rights to bodily autonomy and bring about a world in which all young people are treated with dignity and respect and are celebrated for exactly who they are.

Will you support youth leaders with a gift of $50, $100, or $250?

With your support, we will continue to train youth activists, like the ones below, and support their advocacy efforts to create programmatic and policy change in their communities.




Now more than ever, our work is necessary. Our young people are counting on us. Our activists continue to lead in the fight for bodily autonomy, reproductive justice, LGBTQ health and rights, and more. I hope we can count on you for support.

Your year-end gift of $50, $100, $250, or more will help us ignite change that is powerful and lasting.

Thank you for your support,

Debra Hauser
President
Advocates for Youth