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Teachers were trained in Sexuality Education
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Chicago implemented sex education in their schools
Chicago was one of the first big cities to teach sex education. This program did not last long because the Catholic Church formed a campaign to force the superintendent of schools to resign. http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Feature.showFeature&featureid=2257&pageid=483&parentid=478
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American Hygiene Assiciation taught soldiers about sexual hygiene during the war
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Brooklyn's First Birth Control Clinic
Margaret Sanger opened the first birth control clinic in Brooklyn New York. Not only did the clinic provide birth control to females, but it also offered vast amounts of information for parents and children as well as counseling to those who needed it.
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Sex Education manual made for high schools
This manual was paperback and contained subject matter about sexual topics that the Public Health Services felt was necessary for high school students to be aware of.
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Married couples could legally buy contraceptives
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President Eisenhower made a public service announcement for Planned Parenthood
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Religioius grups got together to ban certain sex pamphlets in schools
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Contaceptive methods were being included in sex education curriculum
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Unmarried couples could legally purchase contraceptives
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Family life education programs
Not only sexuality education was being taught but also self esteem, responsibilities, and decision making.
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80% of public schools teach sex education
Around this time there was a major increase in HIV and AIDS. School systems thought at this time that it would be beneficial to start implementing sex education into the health curriculum.
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SIECUS published "How to Talk to your Children About AIDS"
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Abstinence only Education funding
250 million dollars was given to abstinence only sex education funding. This was part of the welfare reform act. Abstinence only sex education programs only taught students that being abstinece was the only accetable thing to do. They did not teach about the facts of sex and the STI/STD's that came along with it.
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Barrack Obama cuts funds for abstinence only sex education programs
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Real Education for Healthy Youth Act
This act was made to provide adolescents with comprehensive sexuality education, This is so that youth can make resposible decisions regarding sex and relationships.
http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=page.viewPage&pageID=1347&nodeID=1
