Social Policies
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- Created on: 31-05-17 15:50
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- Social Policies
- The Welfare state (1942)
- Aimed to give the working class support in education and health
- Legalisation of the pill (1961/ 67)
- Help women control wether they get pregnant to start a family
- Abortion legalisation (1967)
- Made abortions available and free through the NHS
- Divorce Reform Act (1969)
- Allows unhappy couples to escape and end unhappy marriages
- Children Act (1989)
- Local authorities to ensure safety of children (from abuse)
- It protects the childrens welfare and that they are safe and protected
- If parents are unmarried the father doesn't automatically have rights over the child
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- Local authorities to ensure safety of children (from abuse)
- Martical **** Act (1993)
- Protected wives and men could be accused of **** within marriage
- It is non-consensual sex in which the law perpetrators is the victims spouse
- it was once widely unknown by the law and society as a crime or wrongdoing, it is now opposed by many
- Views of marriage and sexuality were challenges and lead to acknowledgement of women rights
- It is more widely know by women, and affects the way of living, not a stable environment for the family
- Child support agency (1993)
- Provide additional financial support for low income families
- Civil partnership (2004)
- Allows same-sex couple the same rights as heterosexual couples
- Homosexuality legalisation (1967)
- Allows same-sex couple the same rights as heterosexual couples
- Additional Paternity pay (2011)
- Allows men to take time of work to raise child
- The Welfare state (1942)
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