koshergrl
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Here's a nice little government-funded program allegedly meant to alleviate the suffering of women and children...women are paid to get their tubes snipped.
Unfortunately, they frequently die as a result.
At least a dozen women dead after Chhattisgarh sterilisation camps - Yahoo News Canada
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health workers told his wife the procedure was safe and that thousands of women undergo the operation.
Sterilisation is the most popular form of birth control in India. Encouraged by cash incentives, about 4 million people a year undergo surgery. Almost all are women.
In Chhattisgarh, one of India's poorest states, the government had a target to carry out 165,000 female sterilisations and 26,000 male sterilisations in 2013-14, according to government documents.
Some members of India's medical establishment and activists say targets make the sterilisation programme coercive."
"Nearly 600 deaths were reported between 2009 and 2012, according to the government."
Unfortunately, they frequently die as a result.
At least a dozen women dead after Chhattisgarh sterilisation camps - Yahoo News Canada
"
health workers told his wife the procedure was safe and that thousands of women undergo the operation.
Sterilisation is the most popular form of birth control in India. Encouraged by cash incentives, about 4 million people a year undergo surgery. Almost all are women.
In Chhattisgarh, one of India's poorest states, the government had a target to carry out 165,000 female sterilisations and 26,000 male sterilisations in 2013-14, according to government documents.
Some members of India's medical establishment and activists say targets make the sterilisation programme coercive."
"Nearly 600 deaths were reported between 2009 and 2012, according to the government."