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“A New Vision for Advancing Our Movement for Reproductive Health, Reproductive Rights, and Reproductive Justice” (2005), by Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice (ACRJ)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Nov 17, 2020
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 health
The Impact of the Safe Motherhood Initiative from 1987 to 2000
By: Emily Santora
| Published: May 02, 2020
In 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--Mortality
Robert Koch (1843–1910)
By: Kelly Roberts
| Published: Jan 15, 2025
Heinrich Hermann Robert Koch was a researcher from Germany who studied the causative agents of infectious diseases in various parts of Europe, Africa…
Mycobacterium tuberculosisTuberculosisMycobacterium tuberculosis infectionInfectious DiseasesBacterial disease
Frank Rattray Lillie (1870-1947)
By: Karen Wellner
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Frank R. Lillie was born in Toronto, Canada, on 27 June 1870. His mother was Emily Ann Rattray and his father was George Waddell Little, an…
PeopleLillie, Frank Rattray, 1870-1947BiographyLaboratoriesCell Lineage
People's Padre: An Autobiography (1954), by Emmett McLoughlin
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 08, 2016
Emmett McLoughlin wrote People's Padre: An Autobiography, based on his experiences as a Roman Catholic priest advocating for the health of people in…
LiteratureBirth control clinicsAbortionCatholic ChurchReproductive Rights
Wolbachia
By: Karine Prevot
| Published: Jan 29, 2015
Bacteria of the genus Wolbachia are bacteria that live within the cells of their hosts. They infect a wide range of arthropods (insects, arachnids…
WolbachiaBacteriaHost-bacteria relationshipsHost-parasite relationshipsArthropods
Planned Parenthood v. Danforth (1976)
By: Carolina J. Abboud
| Published: Nov 15, 2017
On 1 July 1976, the US Supreme Court decided in the case Planned Parenthood v. Danforth that provisions of a Missouri law regulating abortion care…
LawAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesAbortionBirth control clinicsContraception
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
MicroSort
By: Alysse Blight
| Published: Jul 09, 2019
"MicroSort, developed in 1990 by the Genetics and IVF Institute, is a form of pre-conception sex selection technology for humans. Laboratories…
Technologyin vitroFertilization in vitro, HumanFertilization in VitroSperm donors
Geduldig v. Aiello (1974)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Aug 22, 2024
In 1974, the United States Supreme Court decided in a six-to-three decision in Geduldig v. Aiello (1974), hereafter Geduldig, that pregnancy-related…
Lawpregnancy complicationsEctopic PregnancySex discriminationSex discrimination in insurance