Family planning 1, 1970 March 04

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Scope and Contents

Controversy over new publicly funded birth control clinics. 01:34.

Louise Degn's note: The Birth Control Pill was introduced to the U.S. in 1960 and ushered in a social revolution regarding sexuality. The first publicly funded birth control clinic in Utah opened in 1968, so the social, medical and religious issues surrounding family planning were still new and controversial when this series ran in 1970. The prediction made in Story 1 that one day "houses and buildings will stretch from Ogden to Provo in one continuous super city" seemed far-fetched to many people in 1970, but proved to be true within 20-25 years. The stand-up in Story 1 is outside the Salt Lake County government complex at 21st South and State Street. The buildings, which formerly housed a county hospital, were torn down and replaced by a new government complex in 1986. Original scripts available.

Dates

1970 March 04

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