Demography was heavily involved in the eugenics movement of the early twentieth century
but, along with most other social science disciplines, largely rejected eugenic thinking in the …

Contraception was the subject of intense controversy in twentieth-century Ireland. Banned in
1935 and stigmatised by the Catholic Church, it was the focus of some of the most polarised …

The history of pregnancy testing, and how it transformed from an esoteric laboratory tool to a
commonplace of everyday life. Pregnancy testing has never been easier. Waiting on one …

First opened in 1964 in London, the Brook Advisory Centres (BAC) were the first centres to
provide contraceptive advice and sexual counselling to unmarried people in postwar Britain …

Infanticide stands out as a crime which, in England and Wales, has been marked for at least
200 years by deep-rooted continuities in its representation and treatment by both the …

The general reluctance of medical practitioners in postwar Britain to 'speak of sex'during
healthcare consultations increasingly became a matter of professional concern in the wake …

The article analyses post-war family planning campaigning in Italy and the legalization of the
Pill (1971), in order to illustrate wider processes of change in sexual norms and practices …

Communication and counselling are at the heart of the vast web of institutions and practices
that comprise sexual and reproductive health. Learning test results, making decisions about …

In the wake of sexual and reproductive health counselling in postwar Western Europe,
emotional guidance on infertility was as yet neither readily recognised nor available. In this …

In the mid-twentieth century, the Family Planning Association emerged in Britain as one of
the largest providers of infertility diagnosis for men and women. In the early years of the …