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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

Roman Catholic Church Quickening

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Nov 11, 2007

Although the concept of quickening was not developed initially by the Roman Catholic Church, much of their histories are intertwined. Quickening, the…

Human DevelopmentreligionFetusAbortionCatholicism

Marie Stopes International

By: Ellen M. DuPont | Published: Jul 22, 2008

Marie Stopes International (MSI) is a not-for-profit organization based in the United Kingdom that promotes reproductive and sexual health. It grew…

Organizationpublic healthOrganizationsReproductionReproductive Rights

Pope Innocent XI (1611-1689)

By: Benjamin Garcia, Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Nov 11, 2007

Pope Innocent XI, born Benedetto Odescalchi, made considerable contributions to the Roman Catholic approach to embryology by condemning several…

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Our Bodies, Ourselves (1973), by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective

By: Maggie Pingolt | Published: Jun 21, 2013

Our Bodies, Ourselves, a succession to a pamphlet of resources pulled from co-ops of women in and around Boston, Massachusetts was published in New…

LiteratureReproductionPregnancyEmbryosWomen's health services--United States

Commonwealth v. Luceba Parker [Brief] (1845)

By: Brock Heathcotte | Published: Sep 12, 2010

The Court settled the question left open from the case of Commonwealth v. Bangs that it must be proved a woman was "quick with child" in order for…

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Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County (1962)

By: Claudia Nunez-Eddy | Published: Jun 23, 2017

In the 1962 case Planned Parenthood Committee of Phoenix v. Maricopa County, the Arizona Supreme Court ruled that Arizona Revised Statute 13-213,…

LawContraceptionBirth control clinicsPlanned Parenthood Federation of AmericaAbortion

Chicago Women’s Liberation Union (1969–1977)

By: Rainey Horwitz | Published: Jul 03, 2018

The Chicago Women’s Liberation Union, hereafter Union or CWLU, was a feminist union that operated in Chicago, Illinois, from 1969 to 1977 and was the…

OrganizationWomen's rightsSexismFamily Planningfeminism

Betty Friedan (1921–2006)

By: Sepehr Abdi-Moradi | Published: Jun 15, 2017

Betty Friedan advocated for the advancement of women's rights in the twentieth century in the United States. In 1963, Friedan wrote The Feminine…

feminismWomen's rightsAbortionPro-choice movementContraception

Casti Connubii (1930), by Pope Pius XI

By: Katherine Brind'Amour | Published: Jan 20, 2009

"Casti Connubii," a papal encyclical given by Pope Pius XI on 31 December 1930, served primarily as a reaffirmation and expansion of the issues…

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