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promotes sexuality education as a necessary part of a national education curriculum.
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The 4th International Congress on School Hygiene promotes publicly funded sexuality instruction for parents for the purpose of gaining support for school sexuality education.
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The U.S. Public Health Service conducts 50 regional conferences in sexuality education in high schools and colleges.
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The American Medical Association officially recognizes birth control as an integral part of medical practice and education.
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Sexuality education is labeled as an "urgent need" in U.S. Public Health Service.
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The Food and Drug Administration approves the sale of oral contraceptives.
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Dr. Mary Calderone founded the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS). SIECUS promotes comprehensive sexuality education and educates in favor of individuals having the rights to make informed sexual decisions.
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Women’s rights activists became heavily involved in the fight for sex education in the schools.
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Adolescent Family Life Act is passed, funding programs to promote sexual abstinence before marriage.
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The Reagan Administration began pouring tax-payer money into abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. However, there was current research say that these programs were ineffective.
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Over 90 percent of all U.S. schools offer some sex education programming.
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The U.S. Supreme Court demanded that federally funded sexuality education programs must delete direct references to religion.
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Over 500 school-based clinics had been opened in the US. This had increased from only 12 in 1984.
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The Obama administration recognized that evidence-based sex
education programs were effective in promoting
sexual health among teenagers. Funds were transferred from the Community-based Abstinence Education Program
and budgeted $114.5 million to support
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Through health care reform, Congress made available $75 million in federal funds for states to implement evidence-based comprehensive sex education.
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A nationally representative study of parents of 10- to 18-
year-olds, found that parents are talking to their kids
about a wide range of sexuality-related topics,
like relationships, values, and when sex should or should not take place.
