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Fit to Be Tied: Sterilization and Reproductive Rights in America : 1950-1980

2009 Rebecca M. Kluchin ;ISBN: 9780813548319 ;ISBN: 0813548314 ;ISBN: 0813545277 ;ISBN: 9780813545271 ;ISBN: 081354999X ;ISBN: 9780813549996 ;EISBN: 9780813548319 ;EISBN: 0813548314 ;DOI: 10.36019/9780813548319 ;OCLC: 593317605 ;LCCallNum: HQ766.5.U5K55 2009

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Title:
Fit to Be Tied: Sterilization and Reproductive Rights in America : 1950-1980
Author: Kluchin, Rebecca M
Subjects: 20th century ; Birth control ; Birth control-Government policy-United States-History-20th century ; Contraceptive methods ; Family planning ; Family Planning Policy ; Government policy ; Health Sciences ; History ; legislation & jurisprudence ; MEDICAL ; Medical sciences ; Medical treatment ; Reproductive health ; Reproductive rights ; Reproductive rights-United States-History-20th century ; SOCIAL SCIENCE ; Socioeconomic Factors ; Sociology ; Sterilization ; Sterilization (Birth control) ; Sterilization (Birth control)-United States-History-20th century ; Sterilization, Involuntary ; Sterilization, Reproductive ; U.S.A ; United States ; Women's Rights ; Women's Studies
Description: The 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization.Fit to Be Tiedprovides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals who endorsed crude notions of biological determinism sought to control the reproductive decisions of women they considered "unfit" by nature of race or class, and used surgery to do so. Incorporating first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, and the subsequent replacement of the eugenics movement with "neo-eugenic" standards that continued to influence American medical practice, family planning, public policy, and popular sentiment.
Related Titles: Critical Issues in Health and Medicine
Publisher: United States: Rutgers University Press
Creation Date: 2009
Format: 288
Language: English
Identifier: ISBN: 9780813548319
ISBN: 0813548314
ISBN: 0813545277
ISBN: 9780813545271
ISBN: 081354999X
ISBN: 9780813549996
EISBN: 9780813548319
EISBN: 0813548314
DOI: 10.36019/9780813548319
OCLC: 593317605
LCCallNum: HQ766.5.U5K55 2009
Source: Ebook Central Academic Complete

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Fit to Be Tied: Sterilization and Reproductive Rights in America : 1950-1980

2009 Rebecca M. Kluchin ;ISBN: 9780813548319 ;ISBN: 0813548314 ;ISBN: 0813545277 ;ISBN: 9780813545271 ;ISBN: 081354999X ;ISBN: 9780813549996 ;EISBN: 9780813548319 ;EISBN: 0813548314 ;DOI: 10.36019/9780813548319 ;OCLC: 593317605 ;LCCallNum: HQ766.5.U5K55 2009

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