Nonprofit’s work ‘far more important’ after Roe: Jane Fonda
4 min readBy Associated Press
ATLANTA: Jane Fonda says the work of the Georgia-based nonprofit group she based to forestall teenage pregnancies has change into “far more important” within the months for the reason that US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional proper to abortion it assured to ladies within the United States.
The activist and Oscar winner have been an outspoken critic of the court docket’s resolution, beforehand calling it “unconscionable.”
While a post-Roe world might be tougher on women as a result of they’re those who must carry a child, the work to battle teen being pregnant should additionally deal with adolescent boys, stated Fonda, who was in Atlanta for a fundraiser Thursday to rejoice the twenty seventh anniversary of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential.
“We have to help our boys understand that they don’t have to get a girl pregnant to be men, that being a real man means taking care of yourself, respecting your body and the body of your partner,” Fonda stated.
“Things are much, much harder for boys and girls now and, so, teaching them skills around their reproductive health, how to stay healthy, how to stay pregnancy-free, how to say no, how to have agency over their body, these things are more important than ever.”
Fonda, 84, based the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in 1995 when she lived in Atlanta and when Georgia had the best teenage delivery fee within the United States.
In 2012, the group modified its title and expanded its mission past teenage being pregnant prevention to incorporate vitamin and bodily exercise. The group says its packages now attain greater than 60,000 younger folks yearly.
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“We have to educate them about how their bodies work so that they will know how to protect themselves,” Fonda stated. “We have to help young people see that they have a future that will be productive, that they can work for – towards, that they can reach towards – and getting in trouble when they’re a teenager and having a baby when you’re very young will make reaching for that future that much harder.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the delivery fee for 15- to 19-year-olds within the United States in 2020 was down 8 per cent from the earlier 12 months and down 75 per cent from its peak in 1991.
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have the best teenage delivery charges within the U.S. Birth charges additionally stay larger amongst Native American, Hispanic and Black youngsters.
Fonda served as GCAPP’s chair till she moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2010.
ATLANTA: Jane Fonda says the work of the Georgia-based nonprofit group she based to forestall teenage pregnancies has change into “far more important” within the months for the reason that US Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade and the constitutional proper to abortion it assured to ladies within the United States.
The activist and Oscar winner have been an outspoken critic of the court docket’s resolution, beforehand calling it “unconscionable.”
While a post-Roe world might be tougher on women as a result of they’re those who must carry a child, the work to battle teen being pregnant should additionally deal with adolescent boys, stated Fonda, who was in Atlanta for a fundraiser Thursday to rejoice the twenty seventh anniversary of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential.
“We have to help our boys understand that they don’t have to get a girl pregnant to be men, that being a real man means taking care of yourself, respecting your body and the body of your partner,” Fonda stated.
“Things are much, much harder for boys and girls now and, so, teaching them skills around their reproductive health, how to stay healthy, how to stay pregnancy-free, how to say no, how to have agency over their body, these things are more important than ever.”
Fonda, 84, based the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Pregnancy Prevention in 1995 when she lived in Atlanta and when Georgia had the best teenage delivery fee within the United States.
In 2012, the group modified its title and expanded its mission past teenage being pregnant prevention to incorporate vitamin and bodily exercise. The group says its packages now attain greater than 60,000 younger folks yearly.
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“We have to educate them about how their bodies work so that they will know how to protect themselves,” Fonda stated. “We have to help young people see that they have a future that will be productive, that they can work for – towards, that they can reach towards – and getting in trouble when they’re a teenager and having a baby when you’re very young will make reaching for that future that much harder.”
According to the Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the delivery fee for 15- to 19-year-olds within the United States in 2020 was down 8 per cent from the earlier 12 months and down 75 per cent from its peak in 1991.
Arkansas, Mississippi and Louisiana have the best teenage delivery charges within the U.S. Birth charges additionally stay larger amongst Native American, Hispanic and Black youngsters.
Fonda served as GCAPP’s chair till she moved from Atlanta to Los Angeles in 2010.
