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"A Proposal for a New Method of Evaluation of the Newborn Infant" (1953), by Virginia Apgar
By: Carolina Abboud
| Published: Jul 23, 2017
In 1953, Virginia Apgar published the article "A Proposal for a New Method for Evaluation of the Newborn Infant" about her method for scoring newborn…
LiteratureObstetricsAnesthesiologyCesarean SectionDelivery (Obstetrics)
Sherri Chessen (1932– )
By: Manar Hajja
| Published: Jul 10, 2025
Sherri Chessen, also known as Sherri Finkbine, a television host who lived in Scottsdale, Arizona, during the 1960s, sought an abortion after…
Abortion, IllegalAbortion HistoryReproductive RightsMedia ExposureThalidomide
Woman’s Right to Know Act in North Carolina (2011)
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Jul 29, 2021
The North Carolina state legislature passed The Woman’s Right to Know Act in 2011, which places several restrictions on abortion care in the state.…
LawInformed consent (Medical law)Informed consent (Medical law)--United StatesPro-life movementAbortion--Law and legislation--United States
The Magdalene Sisters (2002)
By: Alexis Darby
| Published: Jun 01, 2018
In 2002, Miramax Entertainment released The Magdalene Sisters, a film that portrays an interpretation of the true events experienced by four young…
LiteratureProstitutesProstitutes in motion picturesSex WorkersIreland
"'Doing the Month': Confinement and Convalescence of Chinese Women After Childbirth" (1978), by Barbara L.K. Pillsbury
By: Cecilia Chou
| Published: Mar 16, 2017
In 1978 Social Science and Medicine published Barbara L.K. Pillsbury's article, 'Doing the Month': Confinement and Convalescence of Chinese Women…
LiteratureMedicine, ChineseTraditional Chinese MedicinePostpartum DepressionPostpartum Period
People's Padre: An Autobiography (1954), by Emmett McLoughlin
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Nov 08, 2016
Emmett 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 Rights
Barry Morris Goldwater (1909–1998)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 28, 2016
Barry Morris Goldwater was a Republican Arizona Senator and US presidential candidate in the twentieth-century whose policies supported the women's…
Goldwater, Barry M. (Barry Morris), 1909-1998Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaWomen's rights
Margaret (Peggy) Goldwater (1909–1985)
By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy
| Published: Oct 13, 2016
Margaret Goldwater advocated for birth control and reproductive rights in the United States during the twentieth century. Goldwater was a socialite…
Goldwater, Margaret, 1909-1985Sanger, Margaret, 1879-1966ContraceptionDiaphragms, VaginalAbortion
Microsurgical Vasovasostomy
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 11, 2022
Vasovasostomy is a microsurgical procedure to restore fertility after vasectomy, a surgery that sterilizes the patient by severing the vas deferentia…
TechnologyVasovasostomyVas DeferensMicrosurgeryVas Occlusion
The Doula Project (2007– )
By: Richa Venkatraman
| Published: Nov 27, 2020
The Doula Project, cofounded in 2007 as The Abortion Doula Project by Mary Mahoney, Lauren Mitchell, and Miriam Zoila Perez, is a nonprofit…
OrganizationAbortionPro-choice movementNatural childbirthWomen's health services