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The Comstock Law (1873)
By: Sheraden Seward
| Published: Jan 13, 2009
The Comstock Law was a controversial law because it limited the reproductive rights of women and violated every person's right to privacy. This…
LawReproductionReproductive RightsAbortionContraception
"Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and Humans" (1993), by Theo Colborn, Frederick S. vom Saal, and Ana M. Soto
By: Jennifer R. Craer
| Published: Jan 10, 2014
Developmental Effects of Endocrine-Disrupting Chemicals in Wildlife and Humans, was published in 1993 in Environmental Health Perspectives. In the…
LiteratureEndocrine disrupting chemicalsEmbryologyfetal developmentendocrine disruptors
The Food and Drug Administration’s Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule (2014)
By: Caroline Meek
| Published: Apr 29, 2019
In 2014, the United States Food and Drug Administration published the Pregnancy and Lactation Labeling Rule to amend previous guidelines for the…
LawDrugs--LabelingDrugs--Labeling--Law and legislationTeratogenic agentsFetus--Effect of drugs on
Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens (PARC) v. Commonwealth of Pennsylvania (1972)
By: Nathaniel Ross
| Published: May 26, 2022
In 1972, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania decided the case of Pennsylvania Association for Retarded Citizens…
LawPeople with mental disabilitiesIntellectual DisabilitySpecial EducationSpecial education schools
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
California Proposition 71 (2004)
By: Ceara O'Brien
| Published: Apr 03, 2014
The California Stem Cell Research and Cures Act, also called Proposition 71, was a ballot initiative proposed by California voters in 2004 to…
LawStem cells--Research--Religious aspects--ChristianityStem cells--Research--Moral and ethical aspectsEmbryonic stem cells--Research--Law and legislationEmbryo Research
"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
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
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
Buck v. Bell (1927)
By: Nathalie Antonios, Christina Raup
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
In 1927, the US Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell set the legal precedent that states may sterilize inmates of public institutions because the court…
LawEugenicsConstitutional courtsSterilization (Birth control)Involuntary Sterilization