Healthy Teens Connecticut! CT Legislative Session 2008 has come to a close and the Healthy Teens Act was not passed. We need your help to ensure that Connecticut’s youth have access to medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education providing them with the necessary skills to make safe and responsible choices surrounding their sexual health.  An Act Concerning Healthy Teens, HB 5591, was voted successfully out of the Education Committee and the Appropriations Committee but time ran out this session to pass the bill. We must continue to build our support so we can come back during the 2009 session and work to pass this important legislation.  CT youth can not wait and need information and education to make healthy decisions about sex. Find out how your legislators voted on the Education Committee and Appropriations Committee. Learn more about the work of the Healthy Teens CT Coalition.

END GENDER DISCRIMINATION IN CT!

The 2008 session has ended and An Act Concerning Discrimination, (HB 5723) did not get passed again.  This bill was raised in the Judiciary Committee and would add the phrase "gender identity or expression" to all provisions in Connecticut's non-discrimination laws. This bill was voted favorably out of the Judiciary Committee and the Senate in the 2007, however the session came to end before the House could vote.   Again this year the bill was voted favorably out of the Judiciary Committee and moved on to the House for a vote. Unfortunately there just wasn't enough time in the session to pass it. 

The Anti-Discrimination Coalition has been working tirelessly this legislative session to see this important legislation passed.  The Coalition sponsored a successful educational forum and lobby day on Wednesday, February 20, 2008 to kick off their efforts this year.   For more info on their work, click here.

COMPASSIONATE CARE FOR RAPE VICTIMS IS LAW!    Thanks to the action of hundreds of CT citizens, An Act Concerning Compassionate Care for Victims of Sexual Assault (SB 1343) was signed into law by Governor Rell on May 16, 2007! Women and girls of Connecticut are now guaranteed a compassionate and consistent standard of care at all Connecticut hospitals when seeking treatment after a sexual assault.

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