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Roe v. Wade (1973)
By: Sharaden Seward, Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jul 03, 2018
In the 1973 case of Roe v. Wade, the US Supreme Court ruled that laws banning abortion violated the US Constitution. The Texas abortion laws,…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
Doe v. Bolton (1973)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Nov 29, 2017
In the 1973 court case Doe v. Bolton, the US Supreme Court in Washington, D.C., ruled that a Georgia law regulating abortion was unconstitutional.…
LawBirth control clinicsAbortionFamily planning servicesAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
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
Title X Family Planning Program (1970–1977)
By: Patsy Ciardullo, Nevada Wagoner
| Published: Oct 21, 2016
The Family Planning Services and Public Research Act of 1970, often called Title X Family Planning Program, is a US federal law that provides federal…
LawFamily PlanningFamily planning--Law and legislationPopulation PolicyTitle X Family Planning Program (U.S.)
"Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A Comparative Study" (2007), by Orli Lotan
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
Written by Orli Lotan on behalf of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Center for Research and Information, "Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionAbortionbioethics
The Comstock Law (1873)
By: Sheraden Seward
| Published: Jan 13, 2009
The Comstock Law was a controversial law because it limited the reproductive rights of women and violated every person's right to privacy. This…
LawReproductionReproductive RightsAbortionContraception
Davis v. Davis (1992)
By: Mark Zhang, Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: Oct 17, 2013
In Davis v. Davis (1992), the Supreme Court of Tennessee decided a dispute over cryopreserved preembryos in favor of Junior Lewis Davis, who sought…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroAmerican Fertility SocietyConception