• There were no reports of coerced abortion, involuntary sterilization, or other coercive population control methods. (state.gov)
  • The reason given was specious: that the agency had supported China's population control policies, such as coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (commondreams.org)
  • To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (ontheissues.org)
  • Sen. WICKER (R-MS): This amendment with one issue and one issue only--whether US taxpayer dollars will be provided to help fund coercive population control policies, such as China's one-child policy--a policy that relies on coerced abortion and forced sterilization. (ontheissues.org)
  • Without this amendment] American taxpayer dollars are going to go to China to enforce coercive abortion against the will of women and force sterilization against the will of women in China. (ontheissues.org)
  • American funding for the UNFPA has long been controversial due to the organization's link to coercive abortion and sterilization, especially in China. (frc.org)
  • That same year, socially conservative activists began accusing the program of complicity in coercive abortion practices-citing the annual U.S. contribution to UNFPA, which provides family planning assistance in China. (guttmacher.org)
  • Provided further, That none of the funds made available in this Act nor any unobligated balances from prior appropriations Acts may be made available to any organization or program which, as determined by the President of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (jillstanek.com)
  • Some countries have general legislation allowing for any treatment deemed necessary if an individual is unable to consent to a treatment due to lack of capacity, other legislation may specifically deal with involuntary psychiatric treatment of individuals who have been diagnosed with a mental disorder. (wikipedia.org)
  • Psychiatric treatment normally happens in a psychiatric hospital after some form of involuntary commitment, though individuals may be compelled to undergo treatment outside of hospitals via outpatient commitment. (wikipedia.org)
  • Involuntary euthanasia was carried out in Nazi Germany for those who had certain psychiatric disorders or learning disabilities as part of the Aktion T4 program. (wikipedia.org)
  • The Commissioner also remains concerned by the use of coercive and involuntary treatment in psychiatric institutions. (coe.int)
  • Citizens Commission on Human Rights (CCHR) co-founder, the late psychiatrist and humanitarian Thomas M. Szasz, wrote that involuntary psychiatric hospitalization is the worst abuse of human and constitutional rights inflicted on people in mental distress. (einpresswire.com)
  • Over the last two decades, many countries have adopted new laws that regulate the use of coercive measures in psychiatric care. (bmj.com)
  • As it has always done, Kemp-Kasten allows the President to certify that funds are not used for coercive family practices. (ontheissues.org)
  • Last year, the Trump administration withheld funding for the United Nations Population Fund on account of its partnership with the Chinese government, including the coercive practices that have now been declared to be genocide. (frc.org)
  • If Andrews means practices that are coercive, abusive or in any way involuntary or include things like electric shock therapy then I think we can all agree that this kind of treatment is both inhumane and must be condemned. (acl.org.au)
  • Schizophrenia spectrum and bipolar disorders (especially with comorbid substance use disorders) are associated with one of the highest risks of involuntary hospitalization for patients ( 4 , 5 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • Since 1985, presidents have had discretion under the Kemp-Kasten Amendment to withhold funds from any organization that supports or participates in coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations. (frc.org)
  • the broad scope of "gravely disabled" increases the number of persons police officers can involuntarily transport, increasing the likelihood of inappropriate and involuntary commitment of persons with mental health disorders. (bvsalud.org)
  • Coercive conduct alone doesn't make a confession involuntary. (tdcaa.com)
  • In this direct appeal Quan Turner contends that his convictions for murder and carrying a handgun without a license should be reversed because his confession was involuntary and thus erroneously admitted into evidence. (findlaw.com)
  • He claims that his confession was involuntary because it was the product of intrusive and coercive actions by the police. (findlaw.com)
  • Involuntary treatment refers to medical treatment undertaken without the consent of the person being treated. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this long-term study, we were able to demonstrate a reduction in involuntary admissions in four treatment years compared to the 2 years prior to admission to the ACCESS model in patients with severe and mostly multiphase schizophrenia spectrum disorders and affective disorders with psychotic features. (frontiersin.org)
  • In addition, patients with schizophrenia spectrum or bipolar disorders often experience other forms of coercive treatment, such as seclusion, mechanical restraint, or coercive medication, or more subtle forms, such as informal coercion ( 7 - 9 ). (frontiersin.org)
  • The authorities should send a clear signal that the goal is to decrease coercive and involuntary treatment and ensure that sufficient safeguards are in place. (coe.int)
  • With the rising numbers of mental health consumers living in the community subject to involuntary treatment orders, nurses in public community mental health settings are increasingly required to deliver coercive care. (edu.au)
  • The study aims to use a constructivist grounded theory approach to understand how nurses in community settings balance the risks and benefits of coercive mental health treatment and inform the development of a model of care seeking to educate novice mental health nurses, into this critical component of care. (edu.au)
  • The Queensland Mental Health Review Tribunal makes difficult decisions regarding involuntary treatment of people with mental illness, applying strict legislative criteria against a backdrop of fundamental human rights considerations. (bvsalud.org)
  • Many patients with severe mental disorders experience involuntary admissions which can be potentially traumatic. (frontiersin.org)
  • In this study, we assessed the effect of ACT on reducing involuntary admissions over an observation period of 4 years. (frontiersin.org)
  • The primary outcome was rate of involuntary admissions during 48 months. (frontiersin.org)
  • Secondary outcomes were differences between those with and without involuntary admissions in the 2 years prior to ACCESS regarding change of psychopathology, severity of illness, psychosocial functioning, quality of life, satisfaction with care, medication non-adherence, and service-disengagement. (frontiersin.org)
  • 001). Comparing the two groups, larger improvements in severity of illness (p = .004) and functional status (p = .043) were detected in the group with no history of involuntary admissions. (frontiersin.org)
  • The primary outcome measures were the number of emergency visits, emergency admissions, inpatient days, and episodes of coercive (involuntary) care, compared at individual level before and after signing the brief admissions contract until end of follow-up. (lu.se)
  • This proposed research seeks to explore how nurses in community mental health care settings balance the potential for conflicting care priorities in providing recovery-oriented and trauma-informed clinical care with the requirement to practice in a coercive manner that minimises the risks of self-harm or harm to others by their consumers. (edu.au)
  • CCLP SUPPORTS Amendment A to prohibit slavery or involuntary servitude under all circumstances . (cclponline.org)
  • Coercive care is recognized as no cure-all. (cranbrookchamber.com)
  • The use of coercive measures in the care for the addicted has changed over the past 20 years. (bmj.com)
  • Some coercive measures need not be interpreted as an infringement of autonomy-rather, they should be interpreted as a way to provide good care. (bmj.com)
  • It is increasingly argued that if we do not want to abandon those who need but refuse care, more frequent use of coercive measures in the care for the addicted is indicated. (bmj.com)
  • Due to a lack of regulations on coercive measures (e.g., involuntary hospitalizations), several PH residents were at a high-risk of mistreatment and human rights violations before the COVID-19 pandemic. (springer.com)
  • However, unlike voluntary licensing, it is a form of licensing that is involuntary and coercive in nature. (wipo.int)
  • Is there a need to spread the word, of course not in a coercive way, about the potential benefits of smaller families, whether from an environmental standpoint or maybe a personal standpoint? (grist.org)
  • We that it is inconsistent with fundamental notions of human dignity to compel labor, particularly in a coercive environment such as a correctional institution. (cclponline.org)
  • In each case, what's key is arrogating the power and right to force involuntary payments from others. (npri.org)
  • As revelations emerge that top Bush administration officials gave the intelligence "community" and Pentagon a "green light" to torture, evidence mounts that CIA and Special Operations Command interrogators used mind-altering drugs on prisoners subjected to coercive interrogations. (blogspot.com)
  • 6 The state implicitly concedes that Weakland's consent for the warrantless blood draw was involuntary, and therefore invalid, pursuant to Valenzuela II, 239 Ariz. 299, ΒΆ 33. (justia.com)
  • a) Edwards created a presumption that once a suspect invokes the Miranda right to the presence of counsel, any waiver of that right in response to a subsequent police attempt at custodial interrogation is involuntary. (justia.com)
  • Kemp-Kasten, first enacted by Congress in 1985 and included in appropriations language annually, states that no U.S. funds may be made available to "any organization or program which, as determined by the president of the United States, supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (kff.org)
  • Evaluations by the U.S. government and others have found no evidence that UNFPA directly engages in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization in China, and more generally, UNFPA does not promote abortion as a method of family planning or fund abortion services. (kff.org)
  • Pathologizing and stigmatizing medical classifications relating to gender identity and expression are used to justify subjecting trans people, even at young ages, to forced or coercive sterilization, hormone therapy, surgeries, and psychiatric evaluations, and in other ways abusively conditioning their human rights. (ohchr.org)
  • Under the Kemp-Kasten Amendment (see PDF ) of the Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1985, US foreign aid cannot be given to any organization that, according to the President, "supports or participates in the management of a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (feminist.org)
  • Well, that means no coercive measures such as involuntary sterilization and no use of abortion for population control. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • To require that amounts appropriated for the United Nations Population Fund are not used by organizations which support coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (issues2000.org)
  • Sen. WICKER (R-MS): This amendment with one issue and one issue only--whether US taxpayer dollars will be provided to help fund coercive population control policies, such as China's one-child policy--a policy that relies on coerced abortion and forced sterilization. (issues2000.org)
  • Without this amendment] American taxpayer dollars are going to go to China to enforce coercive abortion against the will of women and force sterilization against the will of women in China. (issues2000.org)
  • By contrast, the 2017 Philippines chapter , along with the majority of the other 194 country chapters, replaces the reproductive rights subsection with a subsection titled "Coercion in Population Control," which simply states "[t]here were no reports of coerced abortion, involuntary sterilization, or other coercive population control methods. (foreignpolicy.com)
  • NO on S Amdt 2707 - Prohibiting U.S. Assistance for Groups that Support Coercive Abortion (2007) - an amendment to bar federal funds from being distributed to organizations that support the practices of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (discoverthenetworks.org)
  • In April 2017, the Trump administration announced that it would cut off all U.S. funding to the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) with the excuse that the organization "supports, or participates in the management of a programme of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (blackagendareport.com)
  • It demands that NGOs certify that they are absolutely not involved in coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization activities. (passblue.com)
  • In a letter to U.S. Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Bob Corker, the State Department said it was dropping the funding because the U.N. Population Fund (UNFPA) "supports, or participates in the management of, a program of coercive abortion or involuntary sterilization. (endoftheamericandream.com)
  • An independent investigation has found that the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), in its association with the National Population Council of Mexico (CONAPO), supports involuntary sterilization and coercive family planning in Mexico . (endoftheamericandream.com)
  • CONAPO's coercive family planning program, which involves forced sterilization , is heavily supported by UNFPA with financial, strategic, technical and medical support. (endoftheamericandream.com)
  • While white women's childlessness has been attributed to greater educational and employment opportunities that conflict with family responsibilities, black women's childlessness has been viewed as the result of inadequate health care, disease, and coercive sterilization. (cdc.gov)
  • Forced, coercive and otherwise involuntary treatments and procedures can lead to severe and life-long physical and mental pain and suffering and can violate the right to be free from torture and other cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment. (ohchr.org)
  • This policy change was made after concerns arose about whether UNFPA supported China's coercive population policies. (kff.org)
  • WASHINGTON, D.C. China's coercive population control policy turns 37 this week (September 25). (womensrightswithoutfrontiers.org)
  • MSI Chief Executive Dana Hovig said in a press release that MSI does not support coercive abortions or involuntary sterilizations in any country, including China. (feminist.org)
  • In some cases, the United Nations Population Fund has actually partnered with countries that have conducted forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations. (endoftheamericandream.com)
  • It seems like almost everywhere the UNFPA is actively involved, we see forced abortions and involuntary sterilizations. (endoftheamericandream.com)
  • Psychiatric treatment normally happens in a psychiatric hospital after some form of involuntary commitment, though individuals may be compelled to undergo treatment outside of hospitals via outpatient commitment. (wikipedia.org)
  • In 2013, nearly three quarters of all psychiatric hospital admissions in Ontario were involuntary - a fourfold increase in the Canadian province since the 1980s, new research shows. (medscape.com)
  • Involuntary psychiatric hospital admissions generally occur when individuals with mental illness are hospitalized against their will when it is thought that they are in imminent danger to themselves or others and are unwilling to stay in the hospital voluntarily. (medscape.com)
  • The sharp reduction in the number of psychiatric hospital beds per capita in Ontario may be one factor contributing to rising rates of involuntary admissions, the researchers say. (medscape.com)
  • CCHR supports calls for investigation into involuntary commitment and forced treatment constituting torture in Canadian psychiatric hospital. (cchrint.org)
  • Today the UNFPA maintains the fiction that the agency has fought coercive policies. (orthodoxwiki.org)
  • Fourth, reform involuntary medical leave of absence to eliminate the current closed-doors, coercive and discriminatory process and implement a student-centered, transparent process with room for negotiation. (thehoya.com)
  • My parents were under some form of Involuntary Outpatient Commitment (IOC) for many years of their lives, and these interventions never helped them to recover. (madinamerica.com)
  • Drawing from both personal and professional experience as a disabled person working in disability advocacy, Shain's work has largely focused on promoting self-determination, freedom of choice, and bodily autonomy for disabled youth and adults, especially against harmful, coercive, or involuntary medical or psychiatric interventions. (aucd.org)
  • A Uighur human rights group says that China has more than 500 involuntary detention centers, prisons, and so-called "reeducation camps" in the autonomous region of Xinjiang, where millions of Muslims and ethnic minority Uighurs live. (insider.com)
  • When PACT is backed up by a court order, such as through "Involuntary Outpatient Commitment," you have quite a double whammy: The government can deliver psych. (mindfreedom.org)
  • The bill, as many people who follow what's happening in mental health law know, calls for the enactment of assisted (involuntary) outpatient commitment laws at the Federal level and is purportedly crafted to ensure the safety of those deemed "severely mentally ill" by giving families, courts and mental health providers increased authority to commit individuals to outpatient treatment. (madinamerica.com)
  • He moved to suppress his statements, claiming that he had invoked his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent, that he had not waived that right, and that his inculpatory statements were involuntary. (cornell.edu)
  • My mother was so traumatized by the coercive "treatments" she was subjected to in state hospitals - including many instances of seclusion and restraint - that she finally rejected even a standard medical procedure that would have saved her life. (madinamerica.com)
  • In these classrooms where students feel emotionally and psychologically safe, involuntary relationships become voluntary ones. (selfgrowth.com)
  • Involuntary relationships become voluntary when people are where they want to be. (selfgrowth.com)
  • c) It is impossible to tell whether the trial jury found the confession voluntary and relied on it, or involuntary and supposedly ignored it, but for the Court to accept these alternatives is to fail to protect the rights of the accused. (chanrobles.com)
  • Well, since voluntary and peaceful monopolies are so terribly evil, the solution that is always proposed is to create an involuntary, coercive, and violent monopoly in the form of a government . (tolfa.us)
  • Thus voluntary and peaceful monopolies are a great evil but the involuntary and violent monopoly of the state is the greatest good! (tolfa.us)
  • [1] Recently, Canada exemplified just how wrong involuntary hospitalizations can be, citing Royal Jubilee Hospital in British Columbia (BC). (cchrint.org)
  • Involuntary euthanasia was carried out in Nazi Germany for those who had certain psychiatric disorders or learning disabilities as part of the Aktion T4 program. (wikipedia.org)
  • In March 2019, the Ombudsman issued a 132-page report, "Committed to Change: Protecting the Rights of Involuntary Patients under the Mental Health Act, about health authorities' compliance with the Mental Health Act in a single month, June 2017. (cchrint.org)
  • There was a 162% increase in involuntary commitments among children and youth. (cchrint.org)
  • The country is ranked the sixth "most coercive" country in the world and there are concerns about human rights in French psychiatric facilities. (medscape.com)
  • b) If it is determined at the hearing that the confession was involuntary, a new trial, at which the confession is excluded, is required. (chanrobles.com)
  • clandestine placement of IUDs , and involuntary signing of "informed consent" documents in order to sterilize victim . (endoftheamericandream.com)
  • Every semester, I am contacted by students being forced away from Georgetown through involuntary medical leaves of absence. (thehoya.com)