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Eclipse of Reason (1987)
By: Sepehr Abdi-Moradi
| Published: Feb 11, 2017
Eclipse of Reason is a 1987 anti-abortion documentary film directed, filmed, and narrated by Bernard Nathanson, an obstetrician in the US. American…
LiteratureAbortionLate-term abortionPro-life movementFetus
Barry Morris Goldwater (1909–1998)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 28, 2016
Barry Morris Goldwater was a Republican Arizona Senator and US presidential candidate in the twentieth-century whose policies supported the women's…
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaWomen's rights
St. Thomas Aquinas (c. 1225-1274)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Widely known as a key contributor to the Roman Catholic Church's body of doctrine, St. Thomas Aquinas also published an opinion on the moral status…
religionCatholicismFetusHuman Development
Pope Innocent XI (1611-1689)
By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, made considerable contributions to the Roman Catholic approach to embryology by condemning several…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopes
Roman Catholic Church Quickening
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Although the concept of quickening was not developed initially by the Roman Catholic Church, much of their histories are intertwined. Quickening, the…
Human DevelopmentreligionFetusAbortionCatholicism
"Effraenatam" (1588), by Pope Sixtus V
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
"Effraenatam," the brain-child of Pope Sixtus V, was released as a papal bull in the year 1588. Papal bulls are formal declarations issued by the…
LiteratureSixtus V, Pope, 1520-1590religionReproductionCatholicism
St. Augustine (354-430)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 01, 2007
St. Augustine of Hippo, born Aurelius Augustinus to a respectable family in the year 354 CE, is now considered one of the foremost theologians in the…
PeoplereligionBiographyCatholicismFetus
Mizuko Kuyo
By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Oct 30, 2007
Mizuko Kuyo is a Japanese Buddhist ceremony that focuses on a deceased fetus or stillborn child. This ceremony was originally developed to honor Jizo…
Fetal propitiatory rites--BuddhismAbortionFetusStillbirthBuddhism