Filter my results
In 1904, physician William Henry Walling published Sexology, a family medicine reference book. In his book, Walling proposed that his guidance would…
LiteratureMasturbationCoitus interruptusSexSexologyPope John Paul II's views on abortion and embryology have been very influential to the Roman Catholic Church. He strictly forbade abortion and other…
religionReproductionCatholicismPopesAbortionThe 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.)In 2005, the organization Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, or ACRJ, published “A New Vision for Advancing Our Movement for Reproductive…
LiteratureReproductive RightsReproductive Health ServicesReproductive HealthCommunication in reproductive healthIn September 1979, China's Fifth National People's Congress passed a policy that encouraged one-child families. Following this decision from the…
ContextethicsReproductionFertilityGovernmentPope Pius XI, born Ambrogio Damiano Achille Ratti, was born to the wealthy owner of a silk factory on 31 May 1857 in Desio, Italy. He was ordained to…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopesThe 1973 Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade was a significant event in the story of fetal personhood—the story of whether embryos and fetuses are legal…
Fetus--Legal status, laws, etc.--United StatesFetus--Research--Law and legislationEmbryoAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortion--Law and legislationPope Pius XII was born Eugenio Maria Giuseppi Giovanni Pacelli on 2 March 1876 in Rome, Italy, to Virginia and Filippo Pacelli. Known for his oft-…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopesIn 1987, the World Health Organization, or WHO, took action to improve the quality of maternal health around the world through the declaration of the…
PregnancyGestationPoorLow-income parentsMothers--MortalityThe Supreme Court of New Jersey decided the case of Berman v. Allan on 26 June 1979, brought by Shirley Berman and Paul Berman and their daughter…
LawWrongful lifeReproductionbioethics