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social legislation - events| 1875 | UK | Definitive legislation is passed outlawing the use of children as chimney sweeps in Britain. | | 15 July 1912 | United Kingdom | The first National Insurance payments are made in Britain. | | 15 January 1913 | United Kingdom | Maternity, sickness, and unemployment benefits are introduced in Britain. | | 21 January 1973 | USA | In the case Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court rules that state restrictions on abortion are unconstitutional and that a woman has the right to an abortion within the first six months of pregnancy. This provokes militant anti-abortion protests. | | 19 July 1973 | UK | The British government introduces a child-benefit scheme giving weekly cash payments of £2 per child to mothers. | | 11 July 1975 | UK | The government imposes general restrictions on pay rises in the public sector in Britain, with those earning more than £8,000 receiving no increase. | | 23 April 1988 | USA | The US government bans smoking on all internal passenger airline flights of under two hours' duration. | | 25 September 1992 | USA | A court in Orlando, Florida allows a 12-year-old boy to divorce his parents, permitting him to be adopted by his foster parents as he wishes. His natural parents had demanded custody. | | 5 December 2005 | UK | In the UK, the Civil Partnership Act comes into force, enabling same-sex couples to obtain legal recognition of their relationship and granting them new rights and responsibilities in areas such as employment, pensions and inheritance. | | 14 November 2006 | South Africa | South Africa becomes the first African country to legalise same-sex marriages as the National Assembly passes legislation endorsed by the ruling African National Congress. |
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