Liberal Reforming legistlation 60s

Education reform, Homosexual relations, Abortion, Divorce, end of capital punishment Private members bills

Who pushed for the cuase of homosexuality

Leo Abse - An Labour back bencher supported by Jenkins

When was the Sexual offenses act

1967

As long as…

• Both consented

• Both over 21

• Must be in private

What and when was the Thalomide disaster

1960’s

• The drug for pregnant women with morning sickness led to congential deformaties fro children

• people wanted abortions due to the abnormalty

When was abortion made legal

1967

How many died from Backstreet abortions 1958-1960

82 people

When and what was the Abortion act

1967

• Allowed termination of pregnancy in the first 28 weeks of a trimester

• women must prove mental stability

• Be signed off by 2 doctors

How much did abortions rise by between 1968-1975

4/100 - 17.6/100

when was the divorce reform act passed?

1969

• Allowed ‘no fault divorce’

• The had to have lived apart for 2 years and both want it

• Or live apart for 6 years and one wants it

What was the change in the rate of divorce from 1950-1970

1950 = 2 per 1000

1970 = 10 per 1000

What happend to ruth ellis and when

1959

• She was killed after bieng convicted of murdering her boyfriend

• This was wrongfully so and pushed the campain to end the death penalty

How did they bring in the end of capital punishment 1960s

1965

• Made a tempory 5 year trial of hanging abolished

• by 1969 It was made permanent

Other Capital punishment vibe things jenkins brought in in the 60s and when?

1967 - Jenkins refused to authorize the beating of prisoners

1967 - brought in majority vote for English juries

comprehensive schools in the 60s

The tripartide sytem had been unfair and broken

• Local Education Authority (LEA) controlled schools in some areas

• they set up comprehensive schools where all pupils could go

1965 Tony Crosland became Minister of Education

• Issued circular 10/65 wanting all schools to go comprehensive

How many comprehensive schools were there by 1970

1145 comprehensive schools

How many polly technics were there by 1968 and unis

Polytechnics - 30

Unis - 56

What was the governments approach to higher education in the 60s

Britain lagged behind other counties in europe

• Polytechnics replaced collages of technology

• focused on applied education

• New universities

what was open university

the uni of the air

• Set up in 1963

• Wilson apointed jenny lee for the project

• By the middle of the 1970s they had ecough applications to run it and they did it through tv and radio