The American Legion has clear positions on the challenges facing today’s youth:
- The Legion opposes any attempts to weaken U.S. laws governing the production, sale and distribution of pornographic materials, especially that which depicts children.
- The Legion supports enacting legislation that would financially assist families facing the catastrophic illnesses of their children.
- The Legion supports continuing research, and early intervention efforts, to prevent intellectual disabilities, including research on the function of the nervous system, fetal treatments and gene therapy to prevent abnormalities produced by defective genes, and early intervention programs with high-risk infants and children.
- The Legion urges federal funding for state and local health agencies to ensure that indigent children have the opportunity to receive necessary vaccines and treatments.
- The Legion supports appropriate state and federal legislation restricting the excessive use of violence and vulgarity in movies, TV programs, news, video games and the Internet.
- The Legion supports adequate funding for border, state, federal and military drug-trafficking prevention programs.
- The Legion supports appropriate legislation aimed at the prevention, investigation and prosecution of child sexual exploitation.
- www.legion.org/publications educational Brochures for parents and children
- The American Legion recognizes families as the foundation of a strong community, and supports legislation that would establish Thanksgiving week as National Family Week