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abortion
There is no actual prohibition in the Bible against aborting a foetus. Nevertheless, in the unanimously accepted Jewish consensus, abortion is a very serious offence, though foeticide is not treated ...
Agnes Smedley
(1892–1950),American writer and reporter, born in North-West Mississippi; she grew up in circumstances of rural poverty. Her autobiographical novel Daughter of Earth (1929)—recognized as a ...
Baby Naming
When a boy is born, Jewish tradition mandates that he be welcomed into the covenant of Israel through the act of circumcision on the eighth day after his birth (berit ...
bioethics
(by-oh-eth-iks)an area of applied ethics relating to moral behaviour in the life sciences. Medical ethics is now often considered a subspecialty of bioethics (biomedical ethics).
Biological Sciences.
The biological sciences encompass a wide range of objects and problems—from cells to whales, from eating to evolution. The degree to which these studies have been perceived as a cohesive ...
Birth and population control Reference library
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
In general, religions give to birth the highest possible value. In W. religions, it tends to be seen as a
birth control Reference library
Dianne Dodd
The Oxford Companion to Canadian History
Like other Western, industrialized nations in the 19th century, Canada enacted restrictive contraception legislation in reaction to falling birth rates, associated fears of ‘race suicide’, ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
Procreation is the first scriptural commandment (Gn. 1.28), and in Genesis it is incumbent upon both men and women. The rabbis, who view procreation as a time-bound positive commandment ...
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A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
The prevention of the birth of unwanted children either by total abstinence from sexual relations or by engaging in them
Birth Control Reference library
James W. Reed, Robert Y. Eng, Sanjam Ahluwalia, R. Murray Thomas, and Caryn E. Neumann
The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Modern World
[This entry includes five subentries: an overview and discussions of birth control in East Asia, in South Asia, in Southeast Asia, and in the United States...
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Cynthia J. Davis
The Oxford Companion to Women's Writing in the United States
The term birth control was coined by feminist Margaret Sanger during her early-twentieth-century crusade to legalize contraception and allow for “planned parenthood.” But while the term ...
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Birth Control and Contraceptives Reference library
Janet Farrell Brodie
The Oxford Encyclopedia of Economic History
Humans have not universally believed that they could control reproduction, but individuals and groups in innumerable societies have reduced fertility by deliberate measures as well as by ...
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Birth Control and Family Planning. Reference library
Donald T. Critchlow
The Oxford Companion to United States History
Americans have practiced birth control throughout their history. Women in the Colonial Era, relying on centuries-old techniques, used sponges and suppositories to prevent pregnancy. ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Islam
In contrast to Christian and Jewish traditions, from earliest times family planning and contraception found acceptance in Islamic tradition. The
celibacy
It is a high religious obligation to marry and have children (see PROCREATION, MARRIAGE, and BIRTH-CONTROL), so that the question of whether it is religiously proper to be celibate is really a ...
Chatelaine
1928– .A middle-class women's magazine with a secretly subversive bent, Maclean Hunter's general interest periodical has been a consistent performer. Financially a proven winner for the company, it ...
Chicana Rights Movement
Chicana/o history of resistance and self-determination centers on struggles over land and national boundaries. Ancestors of today's Chicanas/os were members of the many different Indian nations who ...
circumcision
Though circumcision had long been in use as a religious rite among the Jews, it was abandoned at an early date by nearly the whole Church. In St Paul's Epistles ‘the circumcision’ is used ...
contraception
(kon-tră-sep-shŏn)the prevention of unwanted pregnancy. See coitus (interruptus), condom, diaphragm, IUCD, IUS, oral contraceptive, postcoital (contraception), rhythm method, ...
