India LAPAROSCOPIC FEMALE STERILISATION CAMPS

Sheth, S; Desai, V.J.; Pawar, Amrit; Pawar, Vasant

doi:10.1016/s0140-6736(88)90598-3

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“…I witnessed the disappearance in a matter of minutes of a queue of over two hundred women waiting for laparoscopic tubal sterilization because organizers had not taken the local municipality, government, and leaders into their confidence. Since the latter would not get any credit for a successful mass sterilization program, they managed to persuade the women to leave!32,33…”

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“…Since the latter would not get any credit for a successful mass sterilization program, they managed to persuade the women to leave! 32,33 Discussions on and solutions to family planning in developing countries are often limited to measures to avoid unwanted pregnancies rather than planning for the family. This is simply because much depends on the wishes of family members, mostly mothers-in-law and/or the husband.…”

Section: Family Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Reproductive Health and Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Sheth¹

2003

Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences

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The art of medicine provides a rare opportunity to understand human values and to contribute toward the well-being of one's fellow humans--women in the case of ob-gyn--a contribution that fits in with the mission of the International Federation of Gynaecology Obstetrics (FIGO). Obstetricians and gynecologists should indeed take it upon themselves to improve conditions for women, since the bond and respect between the two is a significant one. It is obstetricians-gynecologists who can provide the much needed technical information to throw light on justifying services that deal with devastating, debilitating, degenerating, and devaluating situations, such as neglected pregnancy, disregard toward cancer detection, and humiliating genital mutilation. Indeed, this can be termed as "terrorism in ob-gyn," neglected by those who should deal with it. Those in ob-gyn and other medical professions clearly witness gender inequality and its ugly aftermath, a degradation of women's reproductive rights. Ob-gyn must look a little beyond just the lucrative practice of the plain science of obstetrics and gynecology and undertake the responsibility to help and protect the health and life of women around the world. A conscientious doctor cannot practice medicine on women's bodies alone, but must also "practice" against several social evils, the prevention of which is crucial to women's health. Obstetricians and gynecologists can utilize their access to policymakers and health "builders" to carry this brief for women's health, and can urge governments to take a second look at women's rights to ensure that they are on par with the accepted norms of human rights, to be protected and propagated.

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Section: Family Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Family Planningmentioning

confidence: 99%