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another_liberal

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18. Temporary sterilization . . .
Thu Jan 31, 2013, 09:44 PM
Jan 2013

Last edited Thu Jan 31, 2013, 10:24 PM - Edit history (1)

Temporary sterilization for a period of three months is still sterilization, especially if it is done repeatedly, as was often the case here. In fact, some of the women were given those shots for years, and without any information on what they actually contained.

http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/state-admits-problematic-birth-control-shots-for-ethiopian-women-1.496664

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2013/jan/30/forced-contraception-jewish-ethopian-women

http://www.aljazeera.com/video/middleeast/2013/01/2013130145259573156.html

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Who can possibly argue against this? bvar22 Jan 2013 #1
Just wait a sec... n/t Egalitarian Thug Jan 2013 #2
I hear the chairs rolling up to the keyboard right now. n/t Whisp Jan 2013 #4
3...2...1 malaise Jan 2013 #6
rollin' rollin' rollin' Whisp Jan 2013 #11
where is the border? Mosby Jan 2013 #13
The United Nations . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #23
Wait about 5 minutes Recursion Jan 2013 #5
it's about time they stop ignoring the illegal settlements liberal_at_heart Jan 2013 #3
ICC does not have jurisdiction if Israel declines to give it to them ProgressiveProfessor Jan 2013 #7
Israel is not a party to the Rome Statute. tritsofme Jan 2013 #8
Here's the link you forgot Electric Monk Jan 2013 #9
Thanks malaise Jan 2013 #12
Several busloads of Israel's chickens . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #10
Israel will ignore it and nothing will happen. GreenStormCloud Jan 2013 #14
the sterilization was the final straw for me. madrchsod Jan 2013 #15
sterilization? Mosby Jan 2013 #16
Temporary sterilization . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #18
This message was self-deleted by its author Mosby Jan 2013 #19
It's birth control Mosby Jan 2013 #20
That many are claiming it . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #21
I wonder what would be the result if 30 Israeli women were temporarily sterilized Orrex Jan 2013 #22
I'll believe it when I see it. AtheistCrusader Jan 2013 #17
Locking Grateful for Hope Jan 2013 #24
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