The National Youth Rights Association (NYRA) is the largest youth-led civil rights organization in the United States promoting youth rights, with approximately ten thousand members. NYRA proposes lessening and removing various legal restrictions that are imposed on young people but not adults, for example, the voting age, drinking age, curfews and mandatory school attendance; and other issues like emancipation of minors and easier process of adoption to other families. NYRA also favors easier access to legal emancipation for young people and greater respect for student rights.
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