SB 111 and SB 85 will be heard in Senate Health Committee TOMORROW at 10 am
Call Senators and tell them NO on SB 111 and YES on SB 85
SB 111 would unconstitutionally modify existing Louisiana law for minors who cannot involve their parents in their decision to have an abortion. It jeopardizes their confidentiality and could effectively ban the most vulnerable teens--abuse and trafficking victims--from getting the care they need.
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SB 85 would actually help young people by allowing the state to survey students, anonymously & voluntarily, about their risky sexual behaviors and provide the information needed to evaluate and design programs that can reduce teen pregnancy and sexual infections.
Louisiana ranks:
>7th in the nation for births to teenage mothers
>3rd in the nation for chlamydia diagnoses
>2nd in the nation for gonorrhea diagnoses
>1st in the nation for adolescent syphilis diagnoses
It's time to take steps to create interventions that work for young people.
Louisiana ranks:
>7th in the nation for births to teenage mothers
>3rd in the nation for chlamydia diagnoses
>2nd in the nation for gonorrhea diagnoses
>1st in the nation for adolescent syphilis diagnoses
It's time to take steps to create interventions that work for young people.
