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END THE LIES: the fight against fake women’s health centers in Gwinnett County

Fake women’s health clinics peddle lies and shame to pregnant folks seeking more information about their reproductive healthcare options. Calling themselves “crisis pregnancy centers,” pregnant folks believe they are going to a licensed healthcare facility to get medically accurate information about their pregnancy and pregnancy options. Unfortunately, they only get lies, shame and stigma from untrained volunteers. This past weekend, half a dozen Asian American and Pacific Islanders (AAPI) swept through Gwinnett County to speak

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Leaders in Georgia: Stop being afraid of teen sexual health

The conservative leadership in this state is clearly not invested in proactive policies to address reproductive and sexual health for anyone, let alone for teenagers. So concerned parents, educators and students in Gwinnett County are taking matters into their own hands. Young people are sexually active, that is just reality and it has been the reality for generations. Arming young people with medically accurate information about sex and sexuality gives them the tools they need

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Shame and lies have no place in sex ed curriculums

Parents and former students of the Gwinnett County school system are fighting back against their district’s “abstinence-only” sex ed curriculum due to the material’s inappropriate content and lack of information about contraception. The curriculum, called “Choosing The Best,” is the same awful curriculum students from Monroe County’s sole public high school fought last year. In both Monroe and Gwinnett counties, “crisis pregnancy centers” are tasked with teaching the sex ed curriculum. Crisis pregnancy centers are

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Monroe Co. students take on irresponsibly useless sex-ed program

Taking on your school’s abstinence only sex-ed culture is no easy task, but five graduates of Monroe County’s Mary Persons High School are advocating that their school provide a comprehensive sex-education curriculum. The school’s current curricula — “Choosing The Best” — is strongly centered on abstinence until marriage, which leaves students without the tools they need to practice safer sex, whenever they choose to become sexually active. This curriculum is funded by a local anti-abortion