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Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Aug 27, 2016
In 1942, the United States Supreme Court Case of Skinner v. Oklahoma ruled that states could not legally sterilize those inmates of prisons deemed…
LawCompulsory SterilizationSupreme Court DecisionsEugenicsInvoluntary Sterilization
Test-Tube Baby
By: Stephen C. Ruffenach
| Published: Jan 13, 2009
A test-tube baby is the product of a successful human reproduction that results from methods beyond sexual intercourse between a man and a woman and…
Artificial InseminationInsemination, ArtificialethicsReproductionFertilization
Henrietta Lacks (1920–1951)
By: Rohini Nott
| Published: Oct 09, 2020
Henrietta Lacks, born Loretta Pleasant, had terminal cervical cancer in 1951, and was diagnosed at The Johns Hopkins University in Baltimore,…
PeopleAfrican American History MonthWomen in medicine--HistoryMedicine--United States--Historybioethics
Abortion
By: Christina Raup
| Published: Jun 10, 2010
Abortion is the removal of the embryo or fetus from the womb, before birth can occur-either naturally or by induced labor. Prenatal development…
AbortionethicsReproductionReproductive RightsFetus
In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation (1979-1984)
By: Alexis Abboud
| Published: Apr 10, 2017
In the legal case In re Agent Orange Product Liability Litigation of the early 1980s, US military veterans of the Vietnam War sued the US chemical…
LawProducts liability--Agent OrangeAgent OrangeVeteransAgent Orange--Toxicology
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (1990)
By: Jonathan LaTourelle
| Published: Dec 19, 2014
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 established the legal framework that governs infertility treatment, medical services ancillary to…
LawEmbryo transplantationReproductive technologyWarnock, Mary, 1808-1900Human reproductive technology
Harry Clay Sharp (1870-1940)
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 08, 2022
Harry Clay Sharp was a surgeon who performed one of the first recorded vasectomies with the purpose of sterilizing a patient. Sterilization is the…
VasectomyEugenicsSterilizationFamily PlanningMale Sterilization
Fetal Surgery
By: Kathleen O'Connor, Erica O'Neil
| Published: Nov 01, 2012
Fetal surgeries are a range of medical interventions performed in utero on the developing fetus of a pregnant woman to treat a number of congenital…
Fetus--SurgeryFetoscopyUltrasonics in obstetricsPregnancyEndoscopy
The Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology (1984), by Mary Warnock and the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology
By: Jonathon J. LaTourelle
| Published: Oct 02, 2014
The Report of the Committee of Inquiry into Human Fertilisation and Embryology, commonly called the Warnock Report after the chair of the committee…
LiteratureFertilityFertilization in vitro, HumanReproductive technologyEmbryo transplantation