Monday, November 24, 2008

Women of Color and their Struggle for Reproductive Justice




- What is "targeted family planning?"

- So is this saying that poor women of color don't really have a real choice because they can't really afford another child even if they want one?

- Isn't that the same scenario that Sanger's patient was in, except she actually didn't have any choice at all? I mean, at least these women have an option besides what that poor women had and eventually died from. They call BC population control???

- I don't get it! First, they article claims women used to have no choice but to have tons of kids and now that they have a way to prevent that, they're calling it population control??

- I think targeting people on welfare by giving them BC makes logical sense. If they keep having kids, it's going to become a bigger and bigger financial strain on the government and tax payers. Call it what you will, but otherwise it would increase taxes. And the fact that a high proportion of people on welfare are black is another issue on its own.

- And the family caps? They're put in place because some women have more kids simply so they can get more welfare! People shouldn't be having kids that they are not able to provide for and simply expect the government to keep giving them more limitlessly!

- Exactly, that Martha Ward is right! Family planning really is helpful for poor people!

- OK, the part about forced sterilization is a little hard to believe, but shocking. If people really did that, they should be sued or go to jail. I don't understand minorities though. Why them?

- Ok, so why is it bad to stop women addicted to drugs from having kids? I mean, doesn't that seem like a good thing? And if it primarily attacks women of color, why are so many women of color on drugs in the first place?

- I guess because I'm white, I don't understand what minority women have to deal with, but I just disagree with a lot with how they feel about BC. We shouldnt have to be divided about this as women because it makes our fight more difficult when we're not united. A compromise needs to be made or something.

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