Comparative Studies in Society and History, Vol. 61, No. 4 (OCTOBER 2019), pp. 743-773 (31 pages) At a crucial meeting during their proceedings, on 9 November 1983, the sixteen members of Britain’s ...

The process of human ovulation has long been shrouded in mystery. We know that once or twice a month, women release tiny eggs from their ovaries into their fallopian tubes, which usher eggs into the ...

The following references illustrate the fact that a new human embryo, the starting point for a human life, comes into existence with the formation of the one-celled zygote: "Development of the embryo ...

Current issues are now on the Chicago Journals website. Read the latest issue.Current Anthropology is a transnational journal devoted to research on humankind, encompassing the full range of ...

The majority of fertilized eggs die and are resorbed into the body. ZEISS Microscopy/Flickr, CC BY-SA As an evolutionary biologist whose career has focused on how embryos develop in a wide variety of ...

CLEVELAND, Ohio -- Sylwia Sierko of Mantua believes that life begins at conception. When she learned that her five frozen embryos had perished because of failures at University Hospitals' fertility ...

Until the 1930s physicians blithely told women that they conceived during menstruation and could avoid pregnancy by restricting coitus to other days. This, of course, conflicts directly with ...

Until the 1930s physicians blithely told women that they conceived during menstruation and could avoid pregnancy by restricting coitus to other days. This, of course, conflicts directly with ...

Last week, the Department of Health and Human Services released a draft of its latest strategic plan, which will guide the agency from 2018 to 2022. Near the top of the document, the agency presents ...