ATLANTA (AP) β Jane Fonda says she plans to continue her effort to prevent teenage pregnancies through the Georgia-based nonprofit organization she founded in 1995, when the state had one of the highest teenage birth rates in the country.
The 77-year-old actress and activist marked the twentieth anniversary of the Georgia Campaign for Adolescent Power & Potential at a gala in Atlanta on Thursday.
CNN founder Ted Turner, former United States surgeon generals Joycelyn Elders and David Satcher and retired NBA player Julius Erving were among the more than 400 attendees at the event at The St. Regis Atlanta.
In an interview with The Associated Press, Fonda said that while the teenage pregnancy rate in the United States is lower than when she founded the nonprofit, sexual education programs in schools remains critical.
