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Carl Gottfried Hartman (1879-1968)
By: Giavonna A. Goodman
| Published: Nov 01, 2011
Carl Gottfried Hartman researched the reproductive physiology of opossums and rhesus monkeys. He was the first to extensively study the embryology…
PeopleReproductionBiographyOpossumsmonkeys
Zidovudine or Azidothymidine (AZT)
By: Chase V. Florez
| Published: Jun 30, 2020
In 1964, Jerome Horwitz synthesized the drug zidovudine, commonly abbreviated ZDV, otherwise known as azidothymidine, or AZT, at Wayne State…
AZT (Drug)AzidothymidineHIV-positive menHIV-positive childrenHIV-positive women
Marie Stopes International
By: Ellen M. DuPont
| Published: Jul 22, 2008
Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a not-for-profit organization based in the United Kingdom that promotes reproductive and sexual health. It grew…
Organizationpublic healthOrganizationsReproductionReproductive Rights
“Association of Birth Outcomes with Fetal Exposure to Parabens, Triclosan and Triclocarban in an Immigrant Population in Brooklyn, New York” (2017), by Laura Geer, Benny Pycke, Joshua Waxenbaum, David Sherer, Ovadia Abulafia, and Rolf U. Halden
By: Ajeet Bains
| Published: Apr 25, 2021
In 2017, Laura Geer and colleagues published the results of a study investigating the effects of parabens and antimicrobial compounds on birth…
LiteratureAntiseptics in obstetricsEndocrine disrupting chemicalsLocal Anti-Infective AgentsEmbryonic and Fetal Development
The Southern Gastric-Brooding Frog
By: Christopher Rojas
| Published: Jan 26, 2015
The Southern Gastric-Brooding Frog (Rheobatrachus silus) was an aquatic frog that lived in south-east Australia. In 2002, the International Union…
Sexual behavior in animalsReproductive BehaviorExtinction (Biology)Extinct animalsCloning
Neural Tube Defects (NTD): Folic Acid and Pregnancy
By: Tristan Cooper-Roth
| Published: Oct 20, 2010
In the US, one in 1000 births is affected by neural tube defects (NTD). A neural tube defect is a birth defect involving the malformation of body…
Neural Tube DefectsReproductionCongenital DisordersHuman Development
Meiosis in Humans
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Mar 24, 2011
Meiosis, the process by which sexually-reproducing organisms generate gametes (sex cells), is an essential precondition for the normal formation of…
MeiosisReproductionHuman Development
Griswold v. Connecticut (1965)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Jun 05, 2024
On 7 June 1965, in Griswold v. Connecticut, the United States Supreme Court decided, in a seven to two decision, that married couples have the right…
Supreme Court DecisionsJurisprudenceContraceptivesContraceptives, Oral Access to Contraception
Human Betterment Foundation (1928-1942)
By: Jill Briggs
| Published: Jul 10, 2013
In 1928 Ezra Seymour Gosney founded the non-profit Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) in Pasadena, California to support the research and publication…
OrganizationCaliforniaInvoluntary SterilizationSterilization (Birth control)Human reproduction
Boston Women’s Health Book Collective, later Our Bodies Ourselves (1969–)
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Sep 06, 2019
The Boston Women’s Health Book Collective was a women’s health organization headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts, that published the informational…
OrganizationfeminismReproductive HealthEqual RightsHealth education of women