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The Silent Scream (1984), by Bernard Nathanson, Crusade for Life, and American Portrait Films
By: Mark Zhang
| Published: May 02, 2013
The Silent Scream is an anti-abortion film released in 1984 by American Portrait Films, then based in Brunswick, Ohio. The film was created and…
LiteratureAbortionAbortion in literatureFetusEmbryos
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
NuvaRing
By: Molly Jacobson
| Published: Oct 13, 2022
The NuvaRing is a self-administered hormonal contraceptive device in the form of a flexible plastic ring that is inserted into the vagina. It…
TechnologyContraceptivesContraceptives, VaginalContraceptives industryContraceptive drugs
William Thomas Astbury (1898–1961)
By: Victoria Hernandez
| Published: Jun 03, 2019
William Thomas Astbury studied the structures of fibrous materials, including fabrics, proteins, and deoxyribonucleic acid, or DNA, in England during…
DNAX-Ray CrystallographyX-ray crystallography--TechniqueNucleic AcidsDNA-protein interactions
Studies in Spermatogenesis (1905), by Nettie Maria Stevens
By: Troy Cox
| Published: Jan 22, 2014
Studies in Spermatogenesis is a two volume book written by Nettie Maria Stevens, and published by the Carnegie Institution of Washington in 1905 and…
LiteratureSpermatogenesisGenetic sex determinationSex DifferentiationEmbryos
Santiago Felipe Ramon y Cajal (1852-1934)
By: Sarah Taddeo
| Published: Jun 05, 2014
Santiago Felipe Ramon y Cajal investigated brains in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries in Spain. He identified and individuated many components…
NeuronsChickens--EmbryosAxons
Percivall Pott (1714-1788)
By: Carolina Abboud
| Published: May 31, 2017
Percivall Pott was a physician in England during the eighteenth century who identified soot as the cause of chimney sweeps' scrotal cancer, later…
Pott, Percivall, 1714-1788CancerChimney sweepsPott Puffy TumorCarcinoma, Squamous Cell
Circulatory Changes at Birth
By: Brad Jacobson
| Published: Sep 12, 2010
When placental mammals are born their circulatory systems undergo radical changes as the newborns are prepared for independent life. The lungs are…
Blood CirculationMammalscirculation
Bonbrest v. Kotz [Brief] (1946)
By: Brock Heathcotte
| Published: May 09, 2008
This influential opinion was copied throughout the United States allowing civil actions and wrongful death claims on behalf of children who suffered…
LawFetusReproductionbioethics
George Frederic Still (1868–1941)
By: Hayden Innes
| Published: Jun 10, 2021
George Frederic Still studied pediatrics and childhood conditions in England during the early twentieth century. In Still’s time, pediatrics, or the…
PediatricsPediatric epidemiologyChild health servicesJoint DiseasesADHD