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The first advertisement for condoms was published in an American newspaper
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National Education Association recommended that teachers be trained to provide education about sexuality.
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Power attack towards sexuality education.
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Chicago became the first major city to implement sex ed for high schools.
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The earliest sex-education film, Damaged Goods, warned soldiers of the consequences of syphilis.
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Allocated money to educate soldiers about syphilis and gonorrhea.
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Scientists find human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)) is only found in pregnant women.
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By 1935 1.5 million condoms made daily in the U.S.
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U.S. Public Health Service had made a strong statement about the importance of sex education in schools.
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The American Medical Association and The National Education Association published a series of pamphlets that became the basis of most school-based sex education programs.
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American School Health Association launched a nationwide program in family life education.
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The first birth control pill was developed
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Colorado became the first state to legalize abortion in cases of rape, incest, or in which pregnancy would lead to permanent physical disability of the woman.
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Hawaii is the first state
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Woman's decision to have an abortion.
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First at home test developed
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The Surgeon General during this time, C. Everett Koop, published a report in 1986 calling for sex education, including information on preventing the transmission of the HIV virus through safe sex, to be instituted in public schools starting at the elementary level.
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By 1989, 23 states had passed mandates for sexuality education, an additional 23 states strongly encouraged sex education, 33 mandated AIDS education and 17 additional states recommended it.
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Community-Based Abstinence Education given $113 million
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$75 million in federal funds for states to implement evidence-based comprehensive sex education AND $50 million in federal funds for states to implement abstinence-only until marriage programs.
