Press Releases & Statements
SAHM Statement on Refugee and Migrant Adolescents and Young Adults: Compassionate Receptions that Optimize Positive Integration
More than 40 million adolescents and young adults are international refugees and/or migrants [1]. The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) embraces our professional responsibility to assure that all adolescents and young adults, including refugee and migrant youth, have access to stable family relationships, housing, education, health, well-being, and a positive future.
SAHM Issues a Position Paper Regarding Sexual Consent Principles
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) has released its position paper regarding the promotion of sexual consent principles in the sexual and reproductive health care of adolescents and young adults. The paper, published online on May 6, in the Journal of Adolescent Health, was based on a comprehensive review of the international scientific literature published in English, reports and technical guidance from national and international organizations, and consensus opinions among the members of interprofessional SAHM review team.
SAHM Statement About the Firearm Injury Prevention Efforts of Tennessee State Representatives
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) lauds the relentless efforts of Tennessee State Representatives Justin Jones, Justin J. Pearson, and Gloria Johnson to prioritize the enactment of evidence-based firearm injury prevention legislation. More than 500 people on our planet die every day from a firearm-related injury [1].
Statement on the Politicization of Gender-Affirming Care and Threats of Violence Against Clinicians
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) opposes discriminatory legislation prohibiting transgender and gender-diverse (TGD) adolescents and young adults (AYAs) and their families, from receiving needed care, and condemns harassment of clinicians, programs, and institutions. Discrimination and violence against transgender individuals, including AYAs, occurs worldwide.[1]
SAHM Statement: Over-the-Counter Status for Oral Contraceptives
Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine Statement submitted written testimony to the FDA in response to:
“Joint Meeting of the Nonprescription Drugs Advisory Committee and the Obstetrics, Reproductive and Urologic Drugs Advisory Committee; Notice of Meeting; Establishment of a Public Docket; Request for Comments.”
Statement on Dobbs v. Jackson
The Supreme Court’s ruling in Dobbs v. Jackson is an egregious attack on bodily autonomy, removing a pregnant person’s right to autonomous decision making over the most personal and most consequential of life decisions.
SAHM Statement in Response to Recurrent Mass Shootings
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) stands with the Uvalde, Texas and Buffalo, New York communities in the aftermath of a mass shooting at Robb Elementary school, resulting in the death of 19 students and two teachers just ten days after the racially motivated mass shooting of 10 adults at the Tops Supermarket in a Black community in Buffalo, New York. Children, adolescents, and young adults throughout the world deserve to be safe where they learn, live, work, and play.
SAHM/NASPAG Statement on leaked draft SCOTUS opinion regarding Mississippi v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization
A leaked draft opinion of the Supreme Court of the United States regarding Mississippi v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization raises concern that federal protections for abortion access may be at risk1. In the interest of the health and well-being of adolescents and young adults in the United States, the Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) and the North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) object to any restrictions placed on the reproductive rights and care of adolescents and young adults, including access to safe abortion.
NASPAG/SAHM Statement: The 21st Century Cures Act & Adolescent Confidentiality
The North American Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Gynecology (NASPAG) and SAHM issued a joint statement to help inform institutional policies around release of information for adolescents.
SAHM Calls for Action to Protect Justice-Involved Youth
The Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine (SAHM) urges governors, adult and juvenile justice system administrators, courts, and other state and local officials, who have not already done so, to rapidly and significantly reduce the number of youths in juvenile detention and correctional facilities by suspending new admissions and releasing those detained or incarcerated whenever possible in order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and the negative effects that may result from periods of medical isolation or quarantine in a confinement setting. SAHM endorses the American Academy of Pediatrics statement on responding to the needs of youth involved in the justice system during the COVID-19 pandemic.
