After learning about legislation restricting abortion in her home state of Texas, 17-year-old Annabel Yu founded Change 4 Choice, selling merch to fundraise for Planned Parenthood. The latest in our FutureIsMs series, from SayItForwardNow:
allows for students, adults and organizations to share Yu’s concerns. Yu plans to expand this page to incorporate virtual collaborations between other small grassroots organizations to raise awareness for this crucial cause. To date she has raised $837 of her $1000 goal.
Yu’s work may seem like a drop in the bucket, but her involvement matters, say Eleanor Grano and Sarah Lopez of Jane Due Process. “Even $700 could help someone,” Lopez said, for a last minute flight out of Texas to get medical attention. Teen activism for abortion rights pares larger issues down to “digestible” quantities, said Lopez. It also helps reduce the stigma around and normalize concepts such as abortion.
Jane Due Process has seen a trend of youth teens of color become more actively engaged in the abortion issue, said Grano, emphasizing the importance of diverse groups of young people challenging social norms of conservative or liberal trends. She referred to the work of the
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