The National Expositor Michael Sullivan DeFine Originally posted in 6-08
“Since the 1970’s, sterilization has become the most common form of birth control for women over the age of twenty-five in the United States. (25) Between 1970 and 1980, sterilization rates tripled, and in 1987, twenty-four percent of the entire population of women of childbearing age were sterilized”
A History of Governmentally Coerced Sterilization:
The Plight of the Native American Woman
I. Introduction
The purpose of this article is to trace the historical influence of governmentally funded sterilization from the beginning of the eugenics movement in the 19th century to see how this effects Native American women today. This topic will investigate the social prejudices and rationalizations for sterilization of the “less-talented” members of society advocated by the most influential social and biological scientists in American history. More
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