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89. Israel reviews contraceptive use for Ethiopian immigrants (Reuters)

Reply to Cynicus Emeritus (Original post)

Tue Jan 29, 2013, 03:34 PM

Jan 2013

(Reuters) - Israel's Health Ministry has ordered doctors to review how they prescribe a birth control drug, after accusations it was being used to control the population of Ethiopian immigrants.

Suspicions that Ethiopian women had been coerced into receiving Depo-Provera arose in Israeli media a few years ago and most recently in a TV documentary linking the community's falling birthrate to over-prescription of the injectable contraceptive.

After a civil rights group accused it of racism, the health ministry ordered doctors not to renew Depo-Provera prescriptions unless they were convinced patients understood the ramifications, according to a letter from the ministry posted on the group's website on Monday.

Ministry Director-General Roni Gamzu said the decision did not imply he accepted the allegations by the Association of Civil Rights in Israel (ACRI).
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http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/01/28/us-israel-contraceptives-idUSBRE90R0SN20130128

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Israel gave birth control to Ethiopian Jews without their consent [View all] Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 OP

sometimes it`s just best not to say anything madrchsod Jan 2013 #1

Not in this case. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #6

This is Mengele stuff brush Jan 2013 #56

It's allowed to happen because there exists a racist view of what the leadership wants to see as MADem Jan 2013 #77

I'm now wondering if the Bene Israel or Yemeni might have similar stories to tell. Scootaloo Jan 2013 #80

seems like the corporation who bought out the media is 'foxlike' promoting this "allie' dislike Sunlei Jan 2013 #92

No, no, no! Instead, Maybe the USA should stop giving Apartheid Israel free Money, Weapons and Intel PerceptionManagement Jan 2013 #102

Eugenics comes full-circle psychopomp Jan 2013 #2

Israelis are good at building ghettos, too. nt awoke_in_2003 Jan 2013 #15

Whoa! You're right, that speaks for itself. Laurian Jan 2013 #3

Outraged denunciations from US fundies in 3...2...1... tanyev Jan 2013 #4

THEY won't be outraged. "N-----s shouldn't be breeding anyway" - is what they kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #8

I don't believe it. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #5

Evil racist fuckers. END aid to Israel. kestrel91316 Jan 2013 #7

Question: Was this state sanctioned, a JDC policy, or the action of a small group of people? FleetwoodMac Jan 2013 #9

Done by Jews, exposed by Jews. aquart Jan 2013 #10

No one is claiming this was "By the Jews" ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #12

done by government officials Enrique Jan 2013 #19

This song is getting old. U4ikLefty Jan 2013 #111

What in the world . . . another_liberal Jan 2013 #11

This message was self-deleted by its author libdem4life Jan 2013 #28

That's pretty sick. Of course, we in the US have a history of doing various bad things TwilightGardener Jan 2013 #13

We don't? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #14

It's not racist to practice eugenics like this. It IS anti-semitic to complain, though robthomaseyes1 Jan 2013 #16

It's not ok for any healthcare system that provides birth control to not explain the medication. Sunlei Jan 2013 #94

Lovely condoleeza Jan 2013 #17

100,000 Ethiopian Jews moved to Israel. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #18

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #21

Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #22

50% over ten years Enrique Jan 2013 #24

Unfortunately, I don't subscribe to that newspaper and cannot read the whole article. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #52

They "remedied the situation"? harmonicon Jan 2013 #27

Those poor women Mojorabbit Jan 2013 #30

How long did the practice continue? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #51

They stopped the practice. I don't know how long it continued. That is another missing JDPriestly Jan 2013 #54

Stopping isn't really the same as a remedy, now is it? harmonicon Jan 2013 #60

To how many women? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #68

What the fuck is going on your mind? harmonicon Jan 2013 #69

It isn't necessarily wrong to give a woman birth control. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #71

THEY WERE LIED TO! ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #75

It is wrong when there is no consent. Health has nothing to do with it. MADem Jan 2013 #78

Without consent it is wrong. Period. No "maybe, maybe not" about it. uppityperson Jan 2013 #100

Oh, my God. This is fucking pathetic. You ought to be ashamed of yourself. Comrade Grumpy Jan 2013 #109

I find your defense of this behavior shocking and surprising Marrah_G Jan 2013 #64

But we don't know that they were given this based on their ethnicity. JDPriestly Jan 2013 #67

Evidence suggests otherwise... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #72

ummmm wtf? Marrah_G Jan 2013 #33

Yeah riiight... Move along. Nothing to see here... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #50

I wish America had a healthcare system for all the people. Sunlei Jan 2013 #83

It was a FIFTY PERCENT drop in their birthrate over a decade! tblue37 Jan 2013 #84

What did it drop from? What number? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #87

How much the birth rate dropped is immaterial ohheckyeah Jan 2013 #97

what is the agenda here and WHO ordered it? lovuian Jan 2013 #20

No one is the answer to the last question. nt geek tragedy Jan 2013 #26

From the way I understood it Lions_fan Jan 2013 #41

From what I've read, the treatments continued on the women for years. nt brush Jan 2013 #57

At least ten... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #62

You're wrong. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #66

The question that scares me is... Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #44

Additional good questions. Was it criminal behavior? JDPriestly Jan 2013 #55

"well meant"? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #59

Why? We do not know how many children and pregnancies the JDPriestly Jan 2013 #70

I'm actually more horrified by your responses than I was by the article Occulus Jan 2013 #73

I agree. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #74

The responses get worse....check out the thread in the I/P forum Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #90

Post removed Post removed Jan 2013 #93

None of that matters. What does matter is giving it withou consent to even 1 is wrong. uppityperson Jan 2013 #101

Eugenics, anyone? Ian Iam Jan 2013 #23

Like the Tuskegee syphillis scandal from US history. geek tragedy Jan 2013 #25

I am speachless iandhr Jan 2013 #29

I don't get it. Israel is freaking over the rise in Muslim births. So why stop Jewish women from McCamy Taylor Jan 2013 #31

Sometimes people mistakenly think racist is an American thing Marrah_G Jan 2013 #34

shhhh (nt) harmonicon Jan 2013 #61

note the article a comment said, the immigrants wern't Jewish. Open immigration to all in Israel Sunlei Jan 2013 #82

Unbelievable. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #85

Their Leadership corrected the issue right away. Why all the Israel hate? from you? Sunlei Jan 2013 #91

Give me a break. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #95

This was a recent report from an interview about the camp in Ethiopia. Sunlei Jan 2013 #103

Disgusting lib87 Jan 2013 #32

"The abused become abusers" dictum applies to peoples as well as individuals... Odin2005 Jan 2013 #35

Sadly I think that one applies on all possible scales. (nt) Posteritatis Jan 2013 #45

Can't help thinking about the motive in this and some other country that tried to purify its people L0oniX Jan 2013 #36

I can't help but think about the famous line from Animal Farm NickB79 Jan 2013 #37

And then, there's this: Ian Iam Jan 2013 #38

Furore in Israel over birth control drugs for Ethiopian Jews whiteroses Jan 2013 #39

I've heard them referred to as the "chosen people". I guess I always assumed god did the choosing, hughee99 Jan 2013 #40

Yes we must have heard their moniker wrong LiberalLovinLug Jan 2013 #43

The Israel Ministry of Health�s director-general was right to act quickly & put forth new guidelines Sunlei Jan 2013 #42

Medical personnel? ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #47

Israel's Ethiopian Birth Control Story Reflects A Broader Problem (The Daily Beast) whiteroses Jan 2013 #46

What racist stuff. God! nt brush Jan 2013 #65

Ethiopian Women Claim Israel Forced Them To Accept Birth Control Shots (Huffington Post) whiteroses Jan 2013 #48

Jesus F. Christ tabasco Jan 2013 #49

This is just so horrible and disappointing in so many ways. hrmjustin Jan 2013 #53

The Ethiopian Women are rising up with "NEVER AGAIN" Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #63

Israel Forcibly Injected African Immigrants with Birth Control, Report Claims TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #58

And what if it was Germany doing it to the Jews today? Fearless Jan 2013 #76

The ability to empathize completely Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #107

+1000! Fearless Jan 2013 #108

There are a few threads on this Scootaloo Jan 2013 #79

Those threads are being locked, too RandiFan1290 Jan 2013 #81

Some of those "scumbags" have influence or are mods here. ForgoTheConsequence Jan 2013 #86

+1 Blue_Tires Jan 2013 #99

Watch the righties use this as an excuse to block socialized medicine. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #88

The righties where? Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #96

I meant the righties in the US. /nt Ash_F Jan 2013 #98

Israel reviews contraceptive use for Ethiopian immigrants (Reuters) whiteroses Jan 2013 #89

Look at that coddling headline... Ash_F Jan 2013 #104

Birth control shots forced on Ethiopian women (Al Jazeera Video) whiteroses Jan 2013 #105

Having a diverse (in lieu of a crony) media Cynicus Emeritus Jan 2013 #106

The injections were required as a condition of immigration... TeeYiYi Jan 2013 #110