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Invention of Sex Education
Sex education was invented in the midst of the first sexual revolution, in the Progressive era, between 1880 and 1920. -
NEA (National Education Association)
Early as 1912, the National Education Association called for teacher training programs in sexuality education. -
ASHA (American Social Hygiene Association)
(ASHA), is an American non-profit organization established in 1914 and is dedicated to improving the health of individuals, families, and communities, with an emphasis on sexual health and a focus on preventing sexually transmitted infections and their harmful consequences. ASHA pursues its mission for Americans through education, communication, advocacy and policy analysis activities designed to heighten public, patient, provider, policymaker and media awareness of STI prevention and etc.... -
Planned Parenthood
Planned Parenthood dates its beginnings to 1916 when Sanger, her sister, and a friend open America's first birth control clinic in Brooklyn, New York. -
Margaret Sanger (Birth Control)
In the 1920's and 1930's Margaret Sanger's work gave a push to the development of the birth control movement. She wrote about the need to give women more control over their own bodies and emphasized the fact that happiness in marriage was related to the ability to controls births. In addition, she opened clinics designed to make birth control information and services more readily and widely available. -
Family Life Education
In 1953, the American School Health Association launced a nationwide program in family life education. Two years later, the American Medical Association, in conjunction with the NEA, published five pamphlets that were referred to as "the sex education series" for schools. -
AMA (American Medical Association)
The American Medical Association, in conjunction with the NEA, published five pamphlets that were commonly referred to as "the sex education series" for schools. -
SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States)
SIECUS, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, was founded in 1964 by Dr. Mary S. Calderone and a number of other brave pioneers. SIECUS endorses comprehensice sexuality education as an important part of the educational program in every school SIECUS believes that classes conducted by specially trained educators complement the sexuality education given by families and religious and community groups (Haffner & de Mauro, 1991). -
Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach raw Sex?
In 1968 Bill James Hargis and Gordon Drake targeted SIECUS in the famous "Is the School House the Proper Place to Teach Raw Sex?" pamphlet. -
NEW York University
In 1968, The U.S. Office of Education gave New York University a grant to develop graduate programs for training sex-education teachers. -
SIECUS Report
In the 1970s, SIECUS began publication of the SIECUS Report, which is still used as a key resource for thousands regarding critical sexuality issues. -
Roe v. Wade
Roe v. Wade, case decided in 1973 by the U.S. Supreme Court. Along with Doe v. Bolton, this decision legalized abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy. The decision, written by Justice Harry Blackmun and based on the residual right of privacy, struck down dozens of state antiabortion statutes. The decision was based on two cases, that of an unmarried woman from Texas, where abortion was illegal unless the mother's life was at risk, and that of a poor, married mother of three from Georgia. -
First Case of AIDS
April 24, San Francisco resident Ken Horne, the first AIDS case in the United States to be recognized at the time, is reported to Center for Disease Control with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). -
U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop
In 1986, U.S. Surgeon General C. Everett Koop issued a report calling for comprehensive AIDS and sexuality education in public schools, beginning as early as the third grade. "There is now no doubt that we need sex education in schools and that it [should] include information on heterosexual and homosexual relationships," Koop wrote in his report. "The need is critical and the price of neglect is high." -
The Responsible Education About Life Act (REAL)
The Responsible Education About Life (REAL) Act (S. 611/H.R.1551) sponsored by
Senator Frank Lautenberg (D-NJ) and Representative Barbara Lee (D-CA), would provide
federal money to support responsible, comprehensive sex education in schools. This education
would include age-appropriate, science-based, and medically accurate information about both
abstinence and contraception. -
Teen Pregnacy
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention the teen birth rate from ages 15-19 rose from 2005 to 2007 after years of steady decline. -
Abstinence
In 2006, 87% of U.S. public and private high schools taught abstinence as the most effective method to avoid pregnancy, HIV and other STDs in a required health education course. -
Obama Ends Abstinence Only Policy
In a big change from the Bush administration's abstinence-only sex education policy, the Obama administration has announced funding for comprehensive teen pregnancy prevention programs that focus on boosting academic achievement, extracurricular activities and smarter life decisions. -
Health Care Reform
In spring 2010, through health care reform, Congress made available $75 million in federal funds for states to implement evidence-based comprehensive sex education. Even though they tried to eliminate abstinence only program they cut down the federal funding to 50 million over the next five years. -
State Policies in Brief
General Requirements: Sex Education and HIV Education
21 states and the District of Columbia mandate sex education.
20 states and the District of Columbia mandate both sex education and HIV education.
1 state only mandates sex education.
33 states and the District of Columbia mandate HIV education; of these states, 13 mandate only HIV education.
27 states and the District of Columbia mandate that, when provided, sex and HIV education programs meet certain general requirements.
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