ext_28735 ([identity profile] brdgt.livejournal.com) wrote in [personal profile] brdgt 2006-07-18 07:50 pm (UTC)

PP is such a tricky topic in women's health because they are essentially a population control program, not a women's health program. Don't get me wrong - they do good things for women's health, but reliance on them to fill in health gaps in problematic. For example, I wasn't surprised when the Sioux impeached their chief for proposing a PP on the reservation. With a long history of forced sterilization of Native men and women, the idea of easy access to population control centered on a reservation carries the baggage of eugenics with it.

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