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Healthy Teens Act

By Chris Ulanowski

Oswego, NY – Advocates of sex education are urging the Republican-controlled State Senate to pass the Healthy Teens Act. The measure wouold allow the introduction of age-appropriate, medically-accurate sex education in New York schools. As Family Advocates of New York State Vice-President explains, the current sex education policy is incomplete and inconsistent.

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