2008 Legislative Agenda Updates

Click on the following issue areas from G-CAPP’s 2008 Legislative Agenda for information about important legislation impacting adolescents currently before the Georgia General Assembly.

• Health
• Education
• Safety

Adolescents and Confidential Access to Contraception

The Women’s Health Partnership at Emory University recently 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 saved taxpayers an estimated $227 million in 2004 alone, proving that investing in teen pregnancy prevention is sound fiscal policy. For more information, and for ideas about how the business community can get involved in prevention initiatives, download G-CAPP's Fact Sheet Teen Pregnancy & Georgia’s Economy.