Re: Cherokee agriculture, Inuit abortion clinics
Daniel Medina (medina@northeastern.edu)
Tue, 14 Apr 1992 11:44:00 EST
Lee Flier:
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>A friend of mine said that he heard a story in the paper a few days
>ago which said it had been discovered that women were not being given
>any anesthetic (either local or general!) during abortions at
>Inuit reservation clinics! Apparently they were told that it was a
>"punishment" for becoming pregnant and that it should "teach them a
>lesson" about sexual behavior...
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Besides NPR's "All things considered," I heard the story appeared in
the Washington Post. It was also brought up at a conference on
reproductive rights in Hampshire College, Amherst, MA, this past
weekend.
Daniel E. Medina