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Harry Hamilton Laughlin (1880-1943)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Dec 19, 2014
Harry Hamilton Laughlin helped lead the eugenics movement in the United States during the early twentieth century. The US eugenics movement of the…
Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943American Eugenics SocietyEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Eugenics--United States--History
Johann Friedrich Meckel, the Younger (1781-1833)
By: Lindsey O'Connell
| Published: Oct 11, 2013
Johann Friedrich Meckel studied abnormal animal and human anatomy in nineteenth century Germany in an attempt to explain embryological development.…
PeopleAnatomy, ComparativeEmbryologyBirth Defectsfetal development
The Informed Consent Project
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Jun 01, 2021
In 2013, Cynthia Daniels and a team of researchers at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey, founded the Informed Consent Project. Daniels…
OrganizationAbortionAbortion, InducedInduced AbortionInformed Consent
A.Z. v. B.Z. [Brief] (2000)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
The Massachusetts Supreme Court in a case of first impression decided that a prior written agreement between a husband and wife regarding the…
LawFertilizationReproductionReproductive Rights
Where Are My Children? (1916)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: May 26, 2017
Where Are My Children? is an anti-abortion silent film released in the United States on 16 April 1916. The film was directed by Lois Weber and…
LiteratureAbortionBirth ControlContraceptionReproductive Rights
“Relationship between Ultrasound Viewing and Proceeding to Abortion” (2014), by Mary Gatter, Katrina Kimport, Diana Greene Foster, Tracy A. Weitz, and Ushma D. Upadhyay
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Aug 04, 2021
In 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 States
The Baby Doe Rules (1984)
By: Jack Resnik
| Published: May 12, 2011
The Baby Doe Rules represent the first attempt by the US government to directly intervene in treatment options for neonates born with congenital…
LawCongenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and AbnormalitiesReproductionCongenital Disorders
“Improving Women’s Health”: Section 3509 of the Affordable Care Act of 2010
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Mar 25, 2018
In 2010, US Congress enacted section 3509 of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act or ACA, to target issues relating to women’s health. The…
LawUnited States. Patient Protection and Affordable Care ActObamacareClinical TrialsWomen's health services
Harris v. McRae (1980)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
On 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 States
Jeter v. Mayo Clinic Arizona [Brief] (2005)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
In Arizona, statutes that protect persons, such as the wrongful death statute, will not be interpreted by the courts to grant personhood status to…
LawFertilization in VitroReproductionFertilizationbioethics