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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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On March 15, hundreds of young people will converge on Albany for the annual

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• March 6, 2010

D.C. to be first U.S. city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS

Read the WashingtonPost.com story.

• February 20, 2010

Chlamydia tests for teens often miss boys - 1.2 million documented cases in the U.S. in 2008.

Read the WashingtonTimes.com article.

• February 9, 2010

V-Day launches web site for girls.

Check out the new V-Girls web site.

• January 26, 2010

Coerced Reproduction

Experts are studying a phenomenon that brings a whole new meaning to the term 'unwanted pregnancy.'

Read the Newsweek.com article.

• 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.

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