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LiteratureAbortionAbortion, InducedInduced AbortionInformed ConsentIn January 2014, Mary Gatter and colleagues published “Relationship between Ultrasound Viewing and Proceeding to Abortion” in Obstetrics and…
LiteratureAbortionInformed consent (Medical law)Abortion, LegalAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur-either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development…
AbortionethicsReproductionReproductive RightsFetusErnst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel was a prominent comparative anatomist and active lecturer in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries…
PeopleHaeckel, Ernst, 1834-1919Biological EvolutionBiographyEvolutionIn 1972, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decided the case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens…
LawPeople with mental disabilitiesIntellectual DisabilitySpecial EducationSpecial education schoolsWritten by Orli Lotan on behalf of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Center for Research and Information, "Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionAbortionbioethicsThe landmark Supreme Court case, Griswold v. Connecticut (1965), gave women more control over their reproductive rights while also bringing…
LawReproductionReproductive RightsAbortionContraceptionThe Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act) is a piece of federal legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada. The Act came into force on 29…
LawReproductive technologyFertilization in vitro, Human--Law and legislationMedicine--Research--Law and legislationBiomedical EthicsIn 1976, the US Congress passed the Hyde Amendment, which banned the use of federal funding to pay for abortions through Medicaid. In 1976, Illinois…
LawMedicaidAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinicsPrior to 1971, women had some difficulty obtaining contraceptive materials due to a law prohibiting the distribution of contraceptives by anyone…
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