TY  - JOUR
T1  - SEx education in the schools
Y1  - 1969/05/12
N1  - 10.1001/jama.1969.03160060086013
JO  - JAMA
SP  - 1016
EP  - 1016
VL  - 208
IS  - 6
N2  - The American public is now witnessing a well-organized and concerted attack against programs of sex education in the schools. These attacks have come from two sources: (1) individuals and organizations identified with the extreme right wing, and (2) sincerely motivated but uninformed individuals who, no doubt, have been influenced by the propaganda of the former group. The main thrust of these attacks has been the allegation that sex education is part of a Communist conspiracy to undermine the morals of American youth. Indeed, even the American Medical Association has been accused of being a tool of the Communist Party. Originally organized in the South, the campaign to destroy programs of sex education has become national in scope. In many communities, there is a serious threat that this aspect of health education may be eliminated from the school curriculum.Sex education has for many years been an integral part of the
SN  - 0098-7484
M3  - doi: 10.1001/jama.1969.03160060086013
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1001/jama.1969.03160060086013
ER  -