The Healthy Teens Act
New York State Assembly Passes the Healthy Teens Act (A.2856/S.1342)
On Tuesday, March 27, 2007 the New York State Assembly voted 127 to 10 to pass the Healthy Teens Act. (A. 286/S.1342) Young people need facts in order to make safe and healthy decisions about their sexual health. Our state currently has no designated funding stream for medically accurate, comprehensive sex education in schools. Therefore, our young people are not getting comprehensive, age appropriate information to make good decisions. In New York State, where rates of unintended teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections are among the highest in the country, comprehensive sex education is desperately needed. The Healthy Teens Act would create a grant program to help schools and communities provide age-appropriate and accurate sex education to young people.
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