LODER, Asjylyn
Peru Looks to Ban Popular Birth Control Method
2002
WE.NEWS
ingles, fujimori, genocidio, esterilizaciones forzadas, english
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Este artículo aparece traducido en nuestra Hemeroteca con el título de: PERÚ BUSCA PROHIBIR MÉTODO POPULAR DE CONTROL DE LA NATALIDAD |
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(WOMENSENEWS)--Conservative officials within the Peruvian government are attempting to ban sterilization, the fourth most popular birth-control method for women in the country and one that was just recently made legal. |
Peruvian Congress members and the Ministry of Health called for the ban this summer after government reports revealed an untold number of women were sterilized without their consent between 1996 and 2000. About 450 cases have been documented, although the country's minister of health, Fernando Carbone, had told the press the number of actual cases are 200,000. |
Women's rights supporters say the government should be concentrating on helping the victims of the involuntary procedures--most have not been compensated for their losses-- rather than trying to restrict all women's choices. They also worry that Carbone and others of exploiting the issue to promote their anti-birth control ideology |
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