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The International Eugenics Congresses (1912–1932)
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jul 29, 2021
The International Eugenics Congresses consisted of three scientific meetings held in London, England, in 1912 and at the American Museum of Natural…
OrganizationEugenics--United States--HistoryEugenicsNazisNegative Eugenics
The Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man (1918–1935)
By: Aliya R. Hoff
| Published: Jun 03, 2021
Charles Benedict Davenport, Madison Grant, and Henry Fairfield Osborn founded the Galton Society for the Study of the Origin and Evolution of Man, or…
OrganizationEugenicsDavenport, Charles Benedict, 1866-1944Laughlin, Harry Hamilton, 1880-1943segregation
Sterilization Act of 1924
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 14, 2011
The passage of the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 demonstrates how science has been used to drive policy throughout history. In the case of the…
LawEugenicsReproductionpublic health
Sexual Hygiene (1902), by the Alkaloidal Clinic
By: Rainey Horwitz
| Published: Mar 21, 2022
In 1902, editors of the medical journal Alkaloidal Clinic Wallace C. Abbott and William Francis Waugh published Sexual Hygiene, a book about normal…
LiteratureSexual HealthSex EducationHygienePublications
“Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs” (2017), by Marni Sommer, Penelope A. Phillips-Howard, Therese Mahon, Sasha Zients, Meredith Jones, and Bethany A. Caruso
By: Emily Santora
| Published: Jan 27, 2021
In “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene: Addressing Vaginal Bleeding Throughout the Life Course in LMICs,” hereafter “Beyond Menstrual Hygiene,” Marni Sommer,…
LiteratureMenstruation disordersFeminine Hygiene ProductsMenstrual cycle--Psychological aspectsStigmatization
Bowen v. Kendrick (1988)
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Feb 26, 2021
On 29 June 1988, in Bowen v. Kendrick, the US Supreme Court ruled in a five-to-four decision that the 1981 Adolescent Family Life Act, or AFLA, was…
LawFreedom of religionChurch and stateCourts of last resortSex Education
Action of MER-25 and of Clomiphene on the Human Ovary (1963)
By: Alexis J. Abboud, Alexis Darby
| Published: Nov 28, 2017
Between 1958 and 1962, physicians Olive W. Smith, George V. Smith, and Robert W. Kistner performed experiments that demonstrated the effects of the…
EthamoxytriphetolEstrogen AntagonistsClomiphenePituitary glandovary
Barack Obama Executive Order 13505, November 2008
By: Aroob Khokhar
| Published: Jun 17, 2010
On 20 November 2009 Democrat Barack Obama replaced Republican George W. Bush as president of the United States. Obama soon initiated changes to Bush'…
LawStem Cells
“Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and Effectiveness of Federally Funded Programs” (2008), by Government Accountability Office
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Nov 06, 2020
On 23 April 2008, the US Government Accountability Office, or GAO, released a report titled, “Abstinence Education: Assessing the Accuracy and…
LiteratureSex instructionSex EducationSexual abstinence--Religious aspects--Catholic ChurchSexual abstinence--Religious aspects
Intrauterine Insemination
By: Tian Zhu
| Published: Jul 22, 2009
Intrauterine insemination (IUI), also known as artificial insemination, is one of the earliest and simplest assisted reproductive technologies (ART…
TechnologyArtificial InseminationFertilizationReproduction