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In the 2012 case Texas Medical Providers Performing Abortion Services v. David Lakey, a US appeals court ruled as constitutional a Texas law that…
LawAbortionAbortion servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortion--Law and legislationDorothy Andersen studied cystic fibrosis in the United States during the early 1900s. In 1935, Andersen discovered lesions in the pancreas of an…
Celiac DiseaseCeliac disease in childrenPenicillinOn 30 June 1980, in a five to four decision, the US Supreme Court ruled in the Case Harris v. McRae that the Hyde Amendment of 1976 did not violate…
LawContraceptionUnited States. Congress. House. Committee on Appropriations. Subcommittee on Departments of Labor and Health, Education, and Welfare, and Related Agencies AppropriationsMedicaidAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesIn 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 clinicsBetter babies contests were competitions held in state fairs throughout the US during the early twentieth century in which babies between the ages of…
EugenicsEugenics--United StatesEugenics--United States--HistoryAgricultural exhibitionscompetitionsBetter babies contests were competitions held in state fairs throughout the US during the early twentieth century in which babies between the ages of…
EugenicsEugenics--United StatesEugenics--United States--HistoryAgricultural exhibitionscompetitions