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The AHSA's goals were to:
1.End the silence surrounding the discussion of venereal diseases.
2.Have sex education taught in schools and reach the public.
3.Research into the cause of venereal diseases.
4.Bring down the cost of medical care for venereal diseases.
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Within two weeks her clinic was raided and she was arrested. However, Sanger was not to be dissuaded from her mission. She had witnessed her mother die after becoming pregnant nineteen times.
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Congress passed The Chamberlain-Kahn Act, which allocated money to educate soldiers about syphilis and gonorrhea. During this time, Americans began to view sex ed as a public-health.
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In 1930, the Supreme Court ordered condoms illegal if they were used for the purposes of contraception. However, they could be purchased if they were used to prevent the spread of venereal diseases.
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By 1938, a Gallup Poll showed that 90% of Americans wanted information about venereal diseases. They got their wish when the National Venereal Diseases Control Act of 1938 was passed. The act set aside funding for the rapidtreatment of syphilis in local treatment centers.
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The court case that changed America was decided in 1973 when Roe vs. Wade legalized abortion. Abortion had been happening all along, but now that it was legal, it could be regulatedand made safer for women everywhere as standards were set. This gave women greater reproductive freedom.
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It would become known as Title XX, a sharp contrast to the previous sex education encouraging Title X. Funding was directed toward the Religious Right’s sex education programs as the country tried to fight the increase in teen pregnancy and std's. If a teen sought contraceptives, their parents were notified. This turned teens away from securing information about sex education.
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Funding was instead directed to more abstience-only education for students. Total funding per year for these programsreached $50 million. Surgeon General Antonia Novello, under President Bush, Snr., expressedher support that sex and AIDS education should be taught in the home instead of in the schools.
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The report added no new information as he spoke of the continued spread of sexually transmitted diseases in the United States. He did however assert that there was noscientific backed knowledge that sexual orientation could be changed. Homosexuality was atopic back on the radar following the murder of Matthew Shephard in 1998 because of his sexualorientation. Towards the end of the decade though, several states passed laws legalazing same sex marriage though Proposition 8 in California.
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Despite the government’s stance to fund abstinence-only educationprograms, several states have decided to opt out of federal funds and teach their own more comprehensive programs.
