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Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes (1880-1958)
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 10, 2008
Marie Charlotte Carmichael Stopes was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 15 October 1880 to Charlotte Carmichael Stopes, a suffragist, and Henry Stopes…
Peoplepublic healthethicsReproductionBiography
"The Role of Urethra in Female Orgasm" (1950), by Ernst Gräfenberg
By: Baylee A. Edwards
| Published: Sep 14, 2022
In 1950, physician and researcher Ernst Gräfenberg published “The Role of Urethra in Female Orgasm,” in the International Journal of Sexology. The…
LiteratureFemale orgasmG spotFrigidity (Psychology)Urethra
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
Microsurgical Vasovasostomy
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 11, 2022
Vasovasostomy is a microsurgical procedure to restore fertility after vasectomy, a surgery that sterilizes the patient by severing the vas deferentia…
TechnologyVasovasostomyVas DeferensMicrosurgeryVas Occlusion
Pope John Paul II (1920-2005)
By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Pope John Paul II's views on abortion and embryology have been very influential to the Roman Catholic Church. He strictly forbade abortion and other…
religionReproductionCatholicismPopesAbortion
Mother Teresa (1910-1997)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Mother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun known for her charitable work and attention to the poor, was born 26 August 1910. The youngest child of Albanian…
religionReproductionCatholicismContraceptionAbortion
Pope Pius XI (1857-1939)
By: Katherine Brind'Amour
| Published: Nov 11, 2007
Pope 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…
PeoplereligionReproductionCatholicismPopes
Progestin: Synthetic Progesterone
By: Aliya Buttar, Sheraden Seward
| Published: Nov 17, 2008
Progestin is a synthetic form of progesterone, a naturally occurring hormone, which plays an important role in the female reproductive cycle. During…
TechnologyProgesteroneReproductionContraception
China's First Baby Conceived through In Vitro Fertilization-Embryonic Transfer, by Zhang Lizhu's Research Team
By: Lijing Jiang
| Published: Apr 27, 2011
On 10 March 1988, China's first baby conceived through human in vitro fertilization (IVF) and embryo transfer (ET), commonly referred to as a test-…
ReproductionExperimentsFertility
Isotretinoin (Accutane) as a Teratogen
By: Chanapa Tantibanchachai
| Published: Jul 20, 2014
Isotretinoin is a molecule and a byproduct (metabolite) of vitamin A, and in greater than normal amounts in pregnant women, it can cause fetal…
Teratogenic agentsVitamin AIsotretinoinAbnormalities, HumanTeratogens