Add Your Voice for Teen Pregnancy Prevention!

May is Teen Pregnancy Prevention month and young activists are speaking out in support of prevention - by supporting the Healthy Teens Act!

Lend your voice to our video! Spread the word to friends, be creative... and send in your video clips today! Send completed videos in support of the Healthy Teens Act to info@healthyteensflorida.org

May 6th marks the eighth annual National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy. The rate of teen pregnancy in the U.S. and in Florida is alarming, but with your help we can reduce it!

The U.S. teen birthrate increased for the second year in a row and an estimated 750,000 American teens become pregnant each year. Florida's teen pregnancy rate is the 6th highest in the nation. Florida's teen birth rate also increased in 2006 for the first time in 15 years and is 3 percent higher than the national average.

Still, teens in Florida are receiving ineffective abstinence-only programs -- or they are getting their information from popular culture and their peers. Providing teens and young people with the information they need to make responsible decisions is the commonsense solution to reducing unintended teen pregnancy. Teens who are sexually active need to make smart choices about birth control.

What can you do?

1) Sign this petition urging Gov. Crist to reject federal funding for ineffective abstinence-only programs:
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/RejectTitleV

2) Watch the video message on the Healthy Teens Act and add your voice! Send your video in support of the Healthy Teens Act to info@healthyteensflorida.org
http://www.floridaplannedparenthood.org/floridians-support-the-healthy-teens-act

3) Take the National Day Quiz to get smart about your risks.

4) Spread the word. Tell your friends.