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Dissertation: Reducing Abortion Rates Without Restricting Legal Access to Abortion: Evidence from Comparative Analysis of Relevant Policies and Demographic Indicators in 15 Post-Soviet Countries and Adaptive Agent-Based Modeling of Unintended Pregnancies
By: Dina Ziganshina
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Abortion is a controversial topic internationally. Most current debates about abortion concern when, if at all, it should be legal. However,…
Social ResearchLawComputer ScienceAbortionAbortion law
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
A. Z. v. B. Z. (2000)
By: Jennifer E. Chapman
| Published: Nov 01, 2013
In A.Z. v. B.Z. (2000), the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts in Boston, Massachusetts, affirmed a lower courtÕs decision, ruling that…
LawFrozen human embryosFertilization in VitroPregnancyEmbryos
The Development of Mifepristone for Use in Medication Abortions
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Aug 07, 2017
In the 1980s, researchers at the pharmaceutical company Roussel-Uclaf in Paris, France, helped develop a biological compound called mifepristone.…
Induced AbortionAbortionAbortifacientsReproductive RightsMifepristone
“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
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
The Doula Project (2007– )
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Nov 27, 2020
The 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 services
Beal v. Doe (1977)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In the case of Beal v. Doe, tried in 1977, the US Supreme Court ruled that states could constitutionally restrict money from Medicaid from funding…
LawMedicaidAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinics
Isaacson v. Horne (2013)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 16, 2016
In the 2013 case Isaacson v. Horne, the US Court of Appeals in the Ninth Circuit ruled that Arizona House Bill (HB) 2036, which prohibited abortions…
LawArizona. Attorney General's OfficeBirth control clinicsAbortionAbortion Centers
Abortion
By: Christina Raup
| Published: Jun 10, 2010
Abortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur-either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development…
AbortionethicsReproductionReproductive RightsFetus