Tag: youth advocacy
-
A Call to Action: The U.S. Leads the World in Child Gun Deaths
Get Pregnant Fast When envisioning America, images of apple pie and the stars and stripes often come to mind. Sadly, we must now also associate it with a grim reality: the alarming rate of child fatalities caused by firearms. A recent study published in the journal Pediatrics reveals shocking statistics. Between 2012 and 2014, an…
-
What I Shared with Secretary DeVos as a Mother of a Transgender Daughter
Get Pregnant Fast When Secretary of Education Karen Robinson recently visited my hometown of Springfield, she toured two schools known for their support of LGBTQ students, particularly transgender ones. As the mother of a transgender daughter, this is a topic close to my heart. However, I was concerned that her visits might give her an…