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International Health Student Organization presents: The Human Laboratory Today, April 27 6:30pm 2040 VLSB Take an hour break for a free movie and dinner. What more could you ask for? This is a provocative documentary that critiques the U.S. position on population control and the ethics of holding clinical trials in developing nations. Unfortunately, after the documentaryís release, it was subsequently banned from being screened in the United States, and it is no longer distributed in any country. Take this opportunity to watch an in-depth story of Bangladeshi women and the human rights abuses they suffer from clinical trials. Documentary Introduction: In the slums of Dhaka, Bangladesh, many women were suffering from side effects of the new and unproven birth control device Norplant, which had been implanted within their arms. Some women trekked back to the clinic more than a dozen times to have the Norplant removed, but clinic workers refused to help. The Bangladeshi women did not know that Norplant was an experimental device, nor did they consent to be involved in a clinical trial. Yet in 1983, the "official" report on the first phase of Norplant trials boasted, "Norplant is a highly effective, safe, and acceptable method [of birth control] among Bangladeshi women." These inhumane trials in Bangladesh were conducted by USAID. USAIDís "solution" to this core problem has not been to provide basic health care or education, but rather to provide "expanded access to, increased use of, and improved quality of family planning and reproductive health services; increased contraceptive prevalence and continuation; [and] improved womenís reproductive health." ñ Gracie Hsu __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ---------------------------------------------------------------- The above message does not necessarily represent the views or opinions of MCBcDNA, mcbUSA, the MCB Department, or UC Berkeley. TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS LIST, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe mcb-infoline" in the message body. Please send questions or comments to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For a list of upcoming events and information about the student clubs: MCBcDNA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbcdna/ mcbUSA http://mcb.berkeley.edu/groups/mcbusa/
