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Burwell v. Hobby Lobby (2014)
By: Reem Gerais
| Published: Feb 26, 2017
In the 2014 case Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, the US Supreme Court ruled that the contraceptive mandate promulgated under the Patient Protection and…
LawUnited States. Supreme CourtContraceptionEmployer-sponsored health insuranceEmployer-sponsored health insurance--Law and legislation
"Further Experiments on Artificial Parthenogenesis and the Nature of the Process of Fertilization" (1900), by Jacques Loeb
By: Steve Elliott
| Published: Jun 10, 2009
Jacques Loeb broadened and corrected his earlier claims concerning artificial parthenogenesis in sea urchins in a series of experiments in 1900. He…
ParthenogenesisExperimentsSea Urchins
Where Are My Children? (1916)
By: Grace Kim
| Published: May 26, 2017
Where Are My Children? is an anti-abortion silent film released in the United States on 16 April 1916. The film was directed by Lois Weber and…
LiteratureAbortionBirth ControlContraceptionReproductive Rights
South Korea's Bioethics and Biosafety Act (2005)
By: Anne Safiya Clay
| Published: Mar 15, 2013
The South Korean government passed the Bioethics and Biosafety Act, known henceforth as the Bioethics Act, in 2003 and it took effect in 2005. South…
LawbioethicsInformed consent (Medical law)Embryonic Stem CellsEmbryonic stem cells--Research--Law and legislation
Stump v. Sparkman (1978)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: Aug 23, 2022
On March 28, 1978, in Stump v. Sparkman, hereafter Stump, the United States Supreme Court held, in a five-to-three decision, that judges have…
LawSterilizationSterilization of womenInvoluntary SterilizationJudicial immunity
State v. New Times, INC (1973)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Jun 23, 2017
In the 1973 case State v. New Times, INC, the Arizona Court of Appeals in Phoenix, Arizona, ruled that Arizona Revised Statutes 13-211, 13-212, and…
LawContraceptionBirth control clinicsPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaAbortion
"Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A Comparative Study" (2007), by Orli Lotan
By: Inbar Maayan
| Published: Nov 20, 2010
Written by Orli Lotan on behalf of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Center for Research and Information, "Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionAbortionbioethics
“General Considerations for the Clinical Evaluation of Drugs” (1977), by the United States Food and Drug Administration
By: Caroline Meek
| Published: Oct 31, 2019
The United States Food and Drug Administration, or FDA, published 'General Considerations for the Clinical Evaluation of Drugs,' in September 1977.…
LiteratureUnited States. Food and Drug AdministrationClinical TrialsDrugsPharmaceuticals
Sheppard-Towner Maternity and Infancy Protection Act (1921)
By: Katherine Madgett
| Published: May 18, 2017
In November 1921, US Congress passed the National Maternity and Infancy Protection Act, also called the Sheppard-Towner Act. The Act provided federal…
LawPrenatal care--Law and legislationMaternal and infant welfare--United StatesPregnancyBirth
Assisted Human Reproduction Act (2004)
By: Kathleen Hammond
| Published: Jul 30, 2015
The Assisted Human Reproduction Act (AHR Act) is a piece of federal legislation passed by the Parliament of Canada. The Act came into force on 29…
LawReproductive technologyFertilization in vitro, Human--Law and legislationMedicine--Research--Law and legislationBiomedical Ethics