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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"surgical sterilization"”.
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From Prevention to Protection: Policy, Practice and Pitfalls of Surgical Sterilization in California, 1910–Present
In the history of involuntary sterilization in the United States, California stands out. Under the Asexualization Act (1909), a law which permitted the surgical sterilization of certain “defectives,” over 20,000 developmentally disabled and mentally ill people were forcibly sterilized. Although …
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The Culture of Sterilization: Understanding the Desire for Female Surgical Sterilization Among Women in Brazil
My thesis is that women value sterilization because it resolves a series of everyday conflicts surrounding productive/reproductive labor, sex/gender relations, and their bodies. This study contributes to understanding high rates of female surgical sterilization in Brazil by showing how women are …
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The Antecedents, Process, and Consequences of Female Sterilization for Low-Income Women in Mumbai
<p>Surgical sterilization is the primary method of family planning among low-income women in India; the result of limited knowledge and poor access to family planning alternatives. To understand the dynamics of sterilization, 37 in-depth interviews were conducted with sterilized women from the …