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Your Back To School Checklist!

Here’s how: Get to Know Your Rights: Teens in California have a right to comprehensive sex education! Make sure your high school offers sex ed and learn about what topics must be covered in this class. Not getting the information you should be? Let...Read more »
Post date :  
8/29/2018
Author :  
Emily Wasson

Three tips for visiting a clinic!

It doesn’t matter what age you are, you have a right to high-quality sexual and reproductive health care . But how do you take this important step of owning your own health? If you have a parent, family member or other trusted adult in your life who...Read more »
Post date :  
8/15/2018
Author :  
Emily Wasson

Buying condoms or finding them for free is EASY!

What is a condom and why does it matter? Condoms are the only form of birth control that protects against pregnancy AND Sexually Transmitted Diseases – also known as STDs! They work by blocking sperm (and other fluids). Condoms come in many textures...Read more »
Post date :  
8/8/2018
Author :  
Emily Wasson

LGBT and HPV- What about me?

What’s going on? The HPV vaccination is a big deal these days. This vaccine works to prevent the most common forms of the human papilloma virus which can cause cervical cancer, throat cancer, anal cancer, and genital warts. The HPV vaccine is super...Read more »
Post date :  
7/25/2018
Author :  
Emily Wasson

Seven Things You May Not Know about the Birth Control Implant

Happy 12 th anniversary to Nexplanon! What is Nexplanon? It’s a birth control implant that is inserted into the upper arm, lasts for up to three years, and is over 99% effective. Nexplanon used to be called Implanon and was approved by the FDA on...Read more »
Post date :  
7/18/2018
Author :  
Emily Wasson

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