• Forced and coerced sterilizations involve making a woman permanently unable to bear children without her consent, or with consent obtained under duress or incentive without proper understanding or knowledge of the procedure consequences. (strathmore.edu)
  • The paper looks to apply its findings to the Kenyan jurisdiction and to propose mechanisms through which reproductive rights within the region can be more strongly protected by reducing the occurrence of harmful practices such as forced and coerced sterilizations. (strathmore.edu)
  • Romani women in eastern Slovakia have been subject to at least 110 forced and coerced sterilizations in government health care facilities since the fall of communism in 1989, according to a recent report by human rights investigators in New York and Slovakia. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • China is the world's foremost perpetrator of coerced abortions and sterilizations. (frc.org)
  • For decades, China has aggressively instituted a population control program that has been responsible for killing hundreds of millions of babies in abortions and subjugating women to forced abortions and sterilizations. (lifenews.com)
  • China touting a decline in births in Xinjiang where they are forcing women to have abortions and sterilizations based on their religion- and pretending it is making these women 'more confident and independent. (lifenews.com)
  • 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)
  • 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)
  • Coercive interpersonal, institutional, and structural practices and policies contradicting human rights-based and person-centered approaches often impact contraceptive access and reproductive self-determination. (apha.org)
  • Coercive practices can manifest in a variety of ways and include but are not limited to forced sterilization, provider preference for some contraceptive methods over others, disregard for patient preferences, incentives for the uptake of specific methods, and policies that influence the ability to stop using a contraceptive method at will. (apha.org)
  • The practice of forced and coerced sterilization stems from a communist era policy targeting Romani women that provided monetary incentives to women to undergo sterilization. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Throughout Xinjiang, hundreds of thousands of Uighur women are forced to accept intrauterine devices and undergo sterilizations and even abortions. (frc.org)
  • The Chinese Communist Party's eradication "process" reportedly involves massive persecution of Uygur Muslims in the Xinjiang region by detaining them in Nazi concentration camp-like facilities, forcing women to undergo sterilizations and forcing them to abort unborn babies through all nine months of pregnancy. (lifenews.com)
  • The money Pulido received is part of California's effort to reckon with and respond to its past: a history in which more than 20,000 incarcerated people - largely women - underwent involuntary sterilization procedures. (truthout.org)
  • At least 110 Romani women in eastern Slovakia have been subjected to involuntary sterilization says a recent report by investigators from women's rights organizations in New York and Slovakia. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • On April 13, 2021, an en banc panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit issued a ruling allowing an Ohio abortion restriction to take effect. (racism.org)
  • Fearing backlash from the Church, the 1985 legislation chose not to attempt to legalize voluntary sterilization and abortion, much to the disappointment of Peruvian feminists. (wikipedia.org)
  • The UNFPA should not be partnering on "family planning" efforts with a government that brutally employs sterilization and abortion to commit genocide against a minority group. (frc.org)
  • Those on both sides of the abortion debate can agree that coerced sterilizations or abortions are a grave violation of human dignity. (frc.org)
  • In response to the report, the government office in charge of human rights and minority affairs promised an investigation into the 'unknown perpetrator,' meaning the doctors who performed the sterilizations and announced criminal charges against authors of the report. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • America's recent genocide determination against China over its forced sterilizations of Uighur Muslims in Xinjiang makes the effort to cut U.S. funding with the UNFPA even more urgent. (frc.org)
  • A Jamestown Foundation report found funds from the Chinese central government went towards funding sterilizations in Xinjiang, sufficient for almost 200,000 sterilizations. (frc.org)
  • The UNFPA may not directly fund sterilizations and abortions in Xinjiang, but even if it doesn't, their partnership with China's National Health Commission allows it to divert other funds elsewhere. (frc.org)
  • Study shows that in the process of eradicating extremism, the minds of Uygur women in Xinjiang were emancipated and gender equality and reproductive health were promoted, making them no longer baby-making machines," the Chinese Embassy wrote on Twitter . (lifenews.com)
  • In the United States, forced sterilization is rooted in the "eugenics movement" that peaked in the 1920s and 1930s. (morningsidecenter.org)
  • In June 2019, the University of Vermont issued an apology for the forced sterilizations that resulted from the Vermont Eugenics Survey program it operated, in conjunction with the State of Vermont, from 1925 to 1936.The university now offers an online database detailing the history of the eugenics movement in all 50 states. (morningsidecenter.org)
  • Reproductive rights are further premised on the principle of bodily integrity which enshrines the right of the person to make decisions concerning one's body. (strathmore.edu)
  • Between 1949 and 1960, for example, of the 104 surgical sterilizations performed in South Carolina mental hospitals, all but two were performed on blacks. (encyclopedia.com)
  • Olohan urged Planned Parenthood and other so-called women's "reproductive rights" groups to condemn the "insanity. (lifenews.com)
  • Forced sterilization in Peru was a part of a larger effort which was variably described as the ethnic cleansing or genocide of indigenous peoples of Peru that occurred under the government of Alberto Fujimori through his National Population Program, which first outlined such projects in the Plan Verde of the Peruvian Armed Forces. (wikipedia.org)
  • Dr. Hector Chavez Espinoza, President of the Peruvian Medical Association, testified to the mandatory sterilization quotas set for Peruvian doctors. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • She died in her mid-twenties her life the price of the sterilization that brings the Peruvian population control program one step closer to its quota. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Today, nine international human rights groups joined forces to urge Slovakia to conduct an impartial and adequate investigation of illegal sterilizations of Romani women. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The report, Body and Soul: Forced Sterilization and Other Assaults on Roma Reproductive Freedom in Slovakia , contained 110 cases where women were forcibly or coercively sterilized, or had strong indications that they were sterilized, in addition to other serious reproductive rights violations. (reproductiverights.org)
  • Female activists of the middle class had much better access to birth control methods and reproductive health services than poor, rural, largely indigenous women. (wikipedia.org)
  • Women of the world : formal laws and policies affecting their reproductive lives. (who.int)
  • By the end of the World War II , it was estimated that 40,000 sterilizations had taken place, mostly on poor white women. (encyclopedia.com)
  • In practice, states began forced sterilization programs targeting people of color, women immigrants, poor people as well as people with physical and mental disabilities. (morningsidecenter.org)
  • Women have been harassed, coerced, bargained with, and lied to, just so doctors and health workers can meet their mandatory sterilization quotas to appease the family planners. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • They're denying women their right to legal redress by intimidating them,' said Christina Zampas, the Center for Reproductive Rights' legal advisor for Europe. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • Instead, it praised China's oppressive population control measures for giving women greater "emancipation," "bodily autonomy," "gender equality" and "reproductive health. (lifenews.com)
  • Fallopian tube reconstruction has been the traditional method of restoring reproductive function to women with tubal infertility. (medscape.com)
  • The report, 'Body and Soul: Forced Sterilization and Other Assaults on Roma Reproductive Freedom,' is based on 230 in-depth interviews conducted in 40 Roma settlements in eastern Slovakia, according to the report's authors, the New York-based Center for Reproductive Rights (formerly the Center for Reproductive Law and Policy) and the Centre for Civil and Human Rights in Kosice, a Slovak non-governmental organization. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • According to these groups, the criminal investigation has thus far reached hasty conclusions before investigating all relevant crimes in connection with sterilization, ignored key evidence - including absence of informed consent - and has created an intimidating atmosphere for victims that has tended to dissuade them from coming forward. (reproductiverights.org)
  • It's a massive feat to have reparations pass for forced sterilization survivors to begin with," said Erika Cohn, whose 2020 documentary about the legacy of California's sterilization program identified almost 1,400 sterilizations in which it was unclear if people had been able to appropriately consent. (truthout.org)
  • by Center for Reproductive Law & Policy (U.S.). International Program. (who.int)
  • Forced abortions and subsequent sterilizations were central to the program. (frc.org)
  • In 2019, the UNFPA spent $624,204 in China on vaguely defined "integrated sexual and reproductive health services. (frc.org)
  • Contraception is a critical component of sexual and reproductive health equity and well-being that includes the range of methods and associated health care that assist individuals in achieving their reproductive desires. (apha.org)
  • 1] Since people often spend most of their reproductive years managing their sexual and reproductive health by preventing and delaying pregnancy,[2] preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and managing menstrual cycles, contraceptive access is essential. (apha.org)
  • Contraceptive use can improve health outcomes and reduce health and health care disparities, including reducing the risk of developing certain reproductive cancers,[3] preventing STIs,[4] and treating medical conditions. (apha.org)
  • If students are interested in exploring this issue further, or want to take action on it, invite them to research the organizations that are working to ensure reproductive justice. (morningsidecenter.org)
  • Let them prove to us, to Congress, and to America that they are not directly funding these campaigns, or indirectly funding then through the non-governmental organizations (NGO's) who are neck-deep in these sterilizations. (jesus-is-savior.com)
  • In January 2003, the Center for Reproductive Rights and Poradòa pre obèianske a åudské released a report documenting grave human rights violations in Slovakia's public hospitals. (reproductiverights.org)
  • After four successful rounds, the Bulgarian Gender Research Foundation, together with the Center for Reproductive Rights and the Network of. (reproductiverights.org)
  • In August 2011, the Center for Reproductive Rights and its partners filed an amicus brief to the European Court of. (reproductiverights.org)
  • The fallopian tubes have critical functions in the reproductive process, including providing a conduit from the peritoneal cavity to the uterine cavity. (medscape.com)
  • This study aims to show how such sterilizations undermine the human dignity of the person and the resultant violation of the right to reproduction at both international and national level, more specifically Kenya. (strathmore.edu)