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Evelyn Lorraine Rothman (1932–2007)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
Evelyn Lorraine Rothman advocated for women’s reproductive rights and invented at-home kits for women’s health concerns in the late twentieth century…
Downer, CarolAbortionObstetricsBirth ControlMenstrual regulation
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists (1929–1970)
By: Yvette Tran
| Published: May 29, 2017
Starting in 1929, the Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists was a professional association of physicians in the UK that aimed to improve…
OrganizationWomen's health servicesGynecologyObstetricsContraception
A Woman’s Right to Know (2016), by Texas Department of State Health Services
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: May 05, 2021
Articles
LiteratureAbortionAbortion, InducedInduced AbortionInformed Consent
Gordon Watkins Douglas (1921-2000)
By: Alexis Abboud
| Published: Sep 15, 2014
Gordon Watkins Douglas researched cervical cancer, breach delivery, and treatment of high blood pressure during pregnancy in the US during the…
GynecologyDiagnosis, NoninvasiveEmbryologyAbortionAbortion services
Horatio Robinson Storer (1830–1922)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Sep 21, 2020
Horatio Robinson Storer was a surgeon and anti-abortion activist in the 1800s who worked in the field of women’s reproductive health and led the…
PeopleAbortionAbortion servicesPro-life movementPro-life movement--United States
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson (1915–2006)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
Jane Elizabeth Hodgson was a physician who advocated for abortion rights in the twentieth century in the United States. In November of 1970, Hodgson…
AbortionInduced AbortionBirth ControlReproductive RightsContraception
“Women’s Right to Know” Informed Consent Informational Materials
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Jun 10, 2021
As of 2021, twenty-eight US states have informed consent laws for abortion, which is a medical procedure to terminate pregnancy, often called Women’s…
AbortionAbortion, InducedInduced AbortionInformed ConsentGynecology
Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson (1950-1977)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 22, 2016
Established in 1950, the Planned Parenthood Center of Tucson provided Arizona women with family planning resources until 1977, when it expanded to…
OrganizationSanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaInfertility