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conservationAnimal diversity conservationWildlife conservationgene editingbioethicsThe Doula Project, cofounded in 2007 as The Abortion Doula Project by Mary Mahoney, Lauren Mitchell, and Miriam Zoila Perez, is a nonprofit…
OrganizationAbortionPro-choice movementNatural childbirthWomen's health servicesOn 9 July 1990, in Moore v. Regents of the University of California, the Supreme Court of California ruled in a four-to-three decision that…
LawMedical laws and legislationLegal MedicineRight of propertyRight of property--United States--HistoryThe 1981 Adolescent Family Life Act, or AFLA, is a US federal law that provides federal funding to public and nonprofit private organizations to…
Sexual AbstinenceSexual abstinence--Religious aspects--Catholic ChurchSexual abstinence--Religious aspectsSexual abstinence--Religious aspects--ChristianityChurch schools--Law and legislation--United StatesHenrietta Lacks, born Loretta Pleasant, had terminal cervical cancer in 1951, and was diagnosed at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,…
PeopleAfrican American History MonthWomen in medicine--HistoryMedicine--United States--HistorybioethicsThe HeLa cell line was the first immortal human cell line that George Otto Gey, Margaret Gey, and Mary Kucibek first isolated from Henrietta Lacks…
HeLa CellsContinuous cell linesResearch EthicsInformed consent (Medical law)Cervix uteri--CancerDuring the late 1800s through the early 1900s, physicians administered pelvic massages involving clitoral stimulation by early electronic vibrators…
Vibrators (Massage)VibratorsHysteriaHysteria--Early works to 1900OrgasmBreast augmentation involves the use of implants or fat tissue to increase patient breast size. As of 2019, breast augmentation is the most popular…
TechnologyAugmentation mammaplastySurgery, PlasticPlastic SurgeryReconstructive SurgeryIn 2010, the Catholic Church excommunicated Margaret McBride, a nun and ethics board member at St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix,…
AbortionBirth ControlethicsChurchReproductive RightsIn the legal case In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation of the early 1980s, US military veterans of the Vietnam War sued the US chemical…
LawProducts liability--Agent OrangeAgent OrangeVeteransAgent Orange--Toxicology