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Father Frank Pavone, a key proponent of the Roman Catholic Church's pro-life movement, has devoted his life's work to ending abortion, euthanasia,…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicismPope Pius IX, born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, marked his contribution to the abortion debate by removing the distinction between an "animated"…
PeoplereligionReproductionBiographyCatholicismIn 2005, the organization Asian Communities for Reproductive Justice, or ACRJ, published “A New Vision for Advancing Our Movement for Reproductive…
LiteratureReproductive RightsReproductive Health ServicesReproductive HealthCommunication in reproductive healthEmmett McLoughlin wrote People's Padre: An Autobiography, based on his experiences as a Roman Catholic priest advocating for the health of people in…
LiteratureBirth control clinicsAbortionCatholic ChurchReproductive RightsArizona Senate Bill 1164 (2022), or SB 1164, prohibited abortions after fifteen weeks of pregnancy except when necessary to protect the life or…
Abortion, InducedAbortion, LegalReproductive RightsAbortion--Law and legislation--United StatesArizona--Politics and governmentIn 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 insuranceDana Louise Raphael was an anthropologist and breastfeeding advocate in the US during the twentieth century. After she was unable to breastfeed her…
BreastfeedingLactationDoulasInfant formulasBreast FeedingWritten by Orli Lotan on behalf of the Knesset (Israeli Parliament) Center for Research and Information, "Limitations in Abortion Legislation: A…
LiteraturePublicationsReproductionAbortionbioethicsIn the early twentieth century, birth control advocate Margaret Sanger published eight issues of a feminist magazine called The Woman Rebel.…
Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966Margaret Sanger Papers ProjectFeminism and scienceFeminism and mass mediaFeminism and education--United StatesCharles Knowlton was a physician and author who advocated for increased access to information about reproduction in the nineteenth century in the US…
Knowlton, Charles, 1800-1850Bradlaugh, Charles, 1833-1891Besant, Annie, 1847-1933Birth ControlObscenity (Law)--Great Britain