And now:Ish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Date: Fri, 22 Jan 1999 01:09:01 EST >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Sterilization of Native American Women >X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 41 >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Comment: Nevada Indian Environmental Coalition > >Find at: http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9118/mike1.html; >http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/9118/mike2.html > >Martha E. Ture > > >Coerced Sterilization of Native American Women > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >"The Native American Woman's Health Education Resource Center has >documented abuses carried out by the Indian Health Services (IHS), Job >Corps, and other agencies on which Native American women depend for >health care services. Issues they have identified are forced >sterilization, unsafe use of Depo-Provera and Norplant, and destructive >alcohol-related policies" >"A study by the Government Accounting Office during the 1970s found >widespread sterilization abuse in four areas served by the IHS. In 1975 >alone, some 25,000 Native American women were permanently >sterilized--many after being coerced, misinformed, or threatened. One >former IHS nurse reported the use of tubal ligation on "uncooperative" >or "alcoholic" women into the 1990s." >-- Women of Color Partnership >- >�A History of Governmentally Coerced Sterilization: The Plight of the >Native American Woman >Link to Paper (31K) >�Comprehensive Bibliography of Books, Pamphlets, Law Review Articles and >Internet Links >Link to Bibliography > >�Contact the Author, Michael Sullivan DeFine, University of Maine School >of Law student > >A History of Governmentally Coerced Sterilization: >The Plight of the Native American Woman > >------------------------------------------------------------------------ >May 1, 1997 >By Michael Sullivan DeFine >University of Maine School of Law >Footnotes appear at the end of the text > >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. >These "science"-based eugenic influences break through the lines of >science into the world of politics, promulgating anti-humanistic views >of poor women of color in the form of legislation fraught with bigotry >and baseless generalizations. This political view flows through the >judicial system, as courts apply eugenic philosophies in determining who >should be sterilized and for what reasons. > >Turning specifically to the sterilization of Native American women, this >article concludes with a discussion of the federal relationship with >American Indian tribes, personal accounts from Native American women who >were sterilized and their attitudes toward family planning, state and >federal policies regarding informed consent and sterilization, an >examination of the contractual relationship between the Indian Health >Service and private practices, the United States General Accounting >Office investigation of Indian Health Service sterilization procedures, >and the meaning behind the statistics of population growth. ><<<< To remove your name from this list send a message to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" with the message "unsubscribe triballaw" >>>> > <<<<=-=-=FREE LEONARD PELTIER=-=-=>>>> If you think you are too small to make a difference; try sleeping in a closed room with a mosquito.... African Proverb <<<<=-=http://www.tdi.net/ishgooda/ =-=>>>> IF it says: "PASS THIS TO EVERYONE YOU KNOW...." Please Check it before you send it at: http://urbanlegends.miningco.com/library/blhoax.htm
