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The National Education Association promotes sexuality education as a necessary part of a national education curriculum.
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The PTA (Congress of Parents and Teachers) promotes sexuality education before puberty.
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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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U.S. government supports sexuality education as part of the White House Conference on Child Welfare.
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The Public Health Service publishes the Manual on Sex Education in High Schools.
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The U.S. Public Health Service labels school sexuality education an "urgent need."
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1955- The American Medical Association and the National Education Association publish five sexuality education pamphlets for schools.
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The Food and Drug Administration approves the sale of oral contraceptives. Opposition to sexuality education begins to be organized by the John Birch Society, Christian Crusade, Parents Opposed to Sex and Sensitivity Education, Sanity on Sex, and Mothers Organized for Moral Stability.
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1964- SIECUS founded by Dr. Mary Calderon to provide information and education about sexuality.
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1966- Declarations in favor of the "right to know" about birth control are adopted by the National Urban League, the National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, the National Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the American Nurses Association.
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The Supreme Court strikes down an 1859 Texas law prohibiting abortions in Roe v. Wade.
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1975- Twenty state legislatures have voted to restrict or abolish sexuality education.
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Congress expands Title X to include community-based sexuality education and other preventive services for teenagers. "Sex and birth control education programs in communities around the country gathered pace, with increased attention to hard-to-reach populations, such as the handicapped, and to helping parents become the sex educators of their children."
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Congress authorizes $250 million for abstinence-only education as part of the welfare reform act.
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2003- U.S. Supreme Court strikes down Texas sodomy law, and Canada joins Belgium and The Netherlands in legalizing same-sex marriage. Federal abstinence-only funding is increased by $15 million.
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Twenty-five states have rejected federal funding for abstinence-only programs, based on evaluations that suggest that they don't have an impact on behavior.
