Larry Caldwell
Super Member
I loved our '62 Rambler Classic, with the seats that folded back into a double bed. At the same time, the only place you could buy rubbers was at the drug store, and they were behind the counter where comparison shopping was impossible. I was in my 20s before I learned that there was such a thing as a French tickler.I believe our county school system had a special class in a remote-ish building for pregnant girls at the ‘big’ HS. We had three high schools, two small rural ones (1-12) and the big school in the county seat. The PG girls went to town. Rarely saw them again. Or they made a quick trip to Atlanta. Or mostly got married quick. Abstinence was the rule of the day …. with teenager, and big cars back then with real back seats. Righttttt.
In a small high school, with 22 girls in my class, two of them got pregnant. That's a rate of about 10%. That was two girls who had their kids. If any had an abortion, I never heard about it. Abortion was not legal in my state, and the closest state where it was legal was Montana. Sex education was limited to a film on VD. Parents were supposed to teach the kids about sex, and of course they didn't. I think the pill was available in the early '60s, but not for single women or minors. Prescriptions were limited to adult married women only.