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is viewed as a formal instructional program to provide children and young adults with an objective understanding of sex as a biological, psychological, and social life force. A comprehensive curriculum, developed for sequential age levels, would include discussio ....

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.... upon this right will erode the traditional family and religious restraints on sexual activity. Opposition is also based on doubts about the effectiveness of in reducing social ills among teenagers. The national movement for started in the 1940s, but remained sproradic and limited to local constituencies until the late 1960s, when government and educaitonal organizations developed programs, and various religious groups endoresed the concept of . By the mid-1980s, the availablity of programs remained variable, and participation remained mostly elective. A few states, however, have adopted mandatory courses in the school systems, under thei ....