Legislative Agenda Updates

The following are issue areas from G-CAPP’s Legislative Agenda impacting adolescents. More details available by clicking here.  

• Health
• Education
• Safety

Adolescents and Confidential Access to Contraception

The Women’s Health Partnership at Emory University produced an issue brief, Parental Consent for Contraceptive Access, which takes an in-depth look at the potential impact that efforts to restrict adolescents’ confidential access to contraception could have in Georgia.

Teen Pregnancy and School Success

Preventing teen pregnancy and promoting high school graduation go hand in hand. Pregnancy is a top reason for high school drop out among adolescent girls, and girls who drop out are more likely to become pregnant as teenagers. For more information on the many links between the issues of teen pregnancy, graduation rates and school policies in Georgia, download and print the G-CAPP Policy Brief, Teen Pregnancy and School Success.

Teen Pregnancy and the Economy

Teen pregnancy is directly linked to economic issues of critical interest to our state, such as educational attainment, workforce readiness, and child poverty. The progress Georgia has made in reducing teen childbearing in the past decade  --- a 32% decline between 1991 and 2008 --- has saved taxpayers an estimated $361 million, proving that investing in teen pregnancy prevention is sound fiscal policy.  For more information, download this fact sheet.