| 1970 |
- Abortion
illegal in PA.
- Clergy Consultation
Service (CCS) trains PA Abortion Rights Association (PARA) women
to provide problem pregnancy options counseling
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| 1971 |
- CHOICE founded
by PARA options counselors, opens four options counseling centers
run by CHOICE and CCS volunteers, assists women in accessing out-of-state
abortion services.
- CHOICE sets
up a small office in YWCA.
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| 1972 |
- CHOICE incorporates
and begins a patient advocate program to assist consumers of reproductive
health services.
- CHOICE develops
medical standards for abortion services with assistance from medical
advisors.
- CHOICE publishes
its first resource and referral manual for options counselors.
|
| 1973 |
- U.S. Supreme
Court issues Roe V. Wade decision.
- CHOICE has
a corps of 200 volunteer options counselors providing options
couseling to 12,000 women annually.
- CHOICE is
granted non-profit status.
- CHOICE receives
its first federal funding and first grant support.
- CHOICE evaluates
abortion facilites in NYC and Philadelphia.
- CHOICE moves
its office to the YMCA.
|
| 1974 |
- Medical Assistance
funds abortions for women in PA.
- CHOICE begins
distribution of Resource and News Bulletin publishing results
of abortion service evaluations.
- CHOICE begins
training program for health and social service professionals and
community organizations.
- CHOICE receives
Department of Welfare contract to train the staff.
|
| 1975 |
- Womens Way
has its first organizational meeting in CHOICE offices.
- CHOICE begins
the telephone hotline - gathers information on birth control STDs
and sexuality.
- CHOICE begins
involvement in a women's health education project with American
Cancer Society and Philadelphia Health Management Corp.
|
| 1976 |
- CHOICE moves
to bigger space at American Friends Service Committee Center.
- Womens Way
is founded with CHOICE as one of 7 constituent agencies.
- CHOICE receives
first funding for family planning from Family Relations Committee
of Phila. Yearly Meeting of Friends.
|
| 1977 |
- CHOICE expands
training program and receives first Federal funding.
- CHOICE receives
first Family Planning Council grant for Hotline.
|
| 1978 |
- CHOICE publishes
first edition of "Changes" booklet for teens about puberty
and reproductive health issues.
- FPC funding
stabilized; Hotline expands its staff.
|
| 1979 |
- CHOICE forms
Connection Teen Theatre Company.
- CHOICE publishes
"Insights into Health Rights: Women's Rights in PA."
|
| 1980 |
- CHOICE begins
program on Maternal and Infant Care. CHOICE provides sexuality
education course to local parent groups.
|
| 1981 |
- CHOICE publishes
"Mommy, Why is that Lady's Tummy So Big?"
- CHOICE begins
gathering resource and referral information on child care in response
to callers' needs.
|
| 1982 |
- CHOICE adds
bilingual/bicultural (Spanish) counseling to the Hotline.
- CHOICE publishes
"Child Birth Choices, Where to Go: Having a Baby in Philadelphia"
a survey of maternity facilities in Delaware Valley.
- CHOICE receives
Philadelphia Department of Public Health funding from Maternal
and Infant Care Program.
|
| 1984 |
- CHOICE establishes
Child Care Choices as a separate program and receives first corporate
contracts.
|
| 1985 |
- Medical Assistance
stops funding abortion for women in PA.
- CHOICE operates
Casa Camadre, bilingual outreach office. Receives first national
grant from the March of Dimes.
|
| 1986 |
- Greater Philadelphia
Women's Medical fund established to assist women unable to afford
abortion.
- CHOICE operates
Eastern sector of PA's new statewide Teen Pregnancy Hotline.
|
| 1987 |
- Governor
Robert Casey takes office, and closes 1 year old statewide Teen
Pregnancy Hotline because abortion referrals are provided.
- CHOICE publishes
report on impact of the 1985 cut-off of Medical Assistance funding
for abortion.
|
| 1988 |
- Regan administration
introduces "Gag Rule" regulations prohibiting discussion
of abortion by agencies receiving Title X funds.
- CHOICE publishes
new edition of "Changes."
- CHOICE receives
contract with Philadelphia Department of Public Health to operate
985-AIDS, the Community AIDS Hotline.
- CHOICE receives
a major contract from the Private Industry Council for Child Care
Choices to provide resource and referral assistance to their clients.
|
| 1989 |
- CHOICE issues
second report on affects of PA's lack of Medical Assistance funding
for abortion.
- Child Care
Choices expands as part of a new State-funded subsidized child
care program.
- U.S. Supreme
Court decides Webster case, returning major decision-making powers
on abortion to the states.
|
| 1990 |
- Justice Brennan
resigns from the Supreme Court-Souter is appointed.
- PA legislators
pass restrictive new Abortion Control Act: pro-choice forces await
results of appeals process.
- The CHOICE
Connection produces The Choice is Yours, an original play on AIDS
and teens.
|
| 1991 |
- The Supreme
Court upholds the "Gag Rule".
- Justice Marshall
resigns from Supreme Court-Thomas appointed.
- PA's Abortion
Control Act upheld by Federal courts and appealed to U.S. Supreme
Court.
- Teen Connection
and CHOICE Training Department discontinued due to lack of funds.
- AIDS and
prenatal care calls to Hotlines increase.
|
| 1992 |
- CHOICE produces
an HIV/AIDS Resource Directory for Philadelphia.
- Child Care
Choices expands its hours to meet the needs of its callers.
- The "Gag
Rule" enjoined from being implemented on the day Bill Clinton
is elected President.
|
| 1993 |
- CHOICE develops
new program, Childrens Health Line to help remove barriers to
healthcare for children.
- Child Care
Choices begins providing face to face assistance to clients at
the Private Industry Council Assessment Center in Center City.
|
| 1994 |
- CHOICE launches
the Teen Hotline, staffed by teens to respond to questions about
sexual health issues from their peers.
- CHOICE Community
AIDS Hotline services expand to include four suburban counties
in PA and four counties in Southern NJ.
|
| 1995 |
- CHOICE publishes
the second edition of the HIV/AIDS Resource guide, a 461-page
source book encompassing AIDS services in 9-county regional area.
|
| 1996 |
- CHOICE is
awarded nearly one-half million dollars by the William Penn Foundation
to institute a state-of-the-art information management system.
- CHOICE recommits
to providing training opportunities by hiring a training coordinator.
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