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Advertisement for Condoms
The first advertisement for condoms was published in an American newspaper -
Latex Condom Invented
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NEA Recommends Teacher Training
National Education Association recommended that teachers be trained to provide education about sexuality. -
Catholic Church Responds
Power attack towards sexuality education. -
First High School Program
Chicago became the first major city to implement sex ed for high schools. -
Damaged Goods
The earliest sex-education film, Damaged Goods, warned soldiers of the consequences of syphilis. -
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Spreading of HIV to Human Poulation
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The Chamberlain-Kahn Act
Allocated money to educate soldiers about syphilis and gonorrhea. -
HCG hormone found
Scientists find human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG)) is only found in pregnant women. -
Widespread condom use
By 1935 1.5 million condoms made daily in the U.S. -
PSA on Sexulaity Education
U.S. Public Health Service had made a strong statement about the importance of sex education in schools. -
Pamphlets basis for sex education programs
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. -
Family Life Education
American School Health Association launched a nationwide program in family life education. -
The Pill Developed
The first birth control pill was developed -
Contraceptives Legal for Married Couples
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1st Abortion Legal
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. -
Mother Requested Abortion Legal
Hawaii is the first state -
Roe v. Wade Case
Woman's decision to have an abortion. -
At home Pregnancy Test
First at home test developed -
Comprehensive AIDS and sexuality education
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. -
90% of Schools Teaching Sex Education
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Mandates for sexuality education
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. -
CBAE program funding
Community-Based Abstinence Education given $113 million -
Health Care Reform Funding
$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.
