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Written by PRI

Thursday, 26 February 2009 12:09

Country	Year	Type of Abuse	Sex Targeted
Australia1	Early 1990s	Use of still-experimental contraceptive	Women
Bangladesh2	1976 to Present	Bribes, targets, contraceptive experimentation	Women and Men
Brazil	Early 1990s	Illegal sterilization	Women
China	1979 to Present	Forced Abortion, forced sterilization, coercive measures, sex-selective abortions & infanticide, neglected babies in orphanages
Costa Rica3	Late 1990s	Sterilization campaign
Cuba4	Mid 1990s	babies aborted to tilt infant mortality statistics
El Salvador	1980s	Sterilization campaign, quotas
Guatemala5	1980s to Present	Lack of informed consent
Haiti6	Mid 1990s	Norplant experimentation without informed consent	Women
Honduras7	1993	dangerous contraceptives given without informed consent	Women
India8	1970 to Present	Forced sterilization, sex-selection abortion, female infanticide
Indonesia9	1990s	forced sterilization
Kenya10	1990s to Present	USAID focus on birth control replacing much-needed medical care
Kosovo11	1999	Kosovo in need of medical supplies given abortion kits instead
Morocco12	2002 to Present	Experimental methods, i.e., quinacrine sterilization
Mexico13	1970s to Present	Sterilization campaign, quotas, lack of informed consent
Netherlands14	1993	Parliament approves euthanasia	Men and Women
New Guinea	Early 1990s	Dangerous contraceptives pushed	Women
Peru15	Mid to Late 1990s	Forced sterilization, coercion
Philippines	1970s	Lack of informed consent, bribes, quotas
Russia16	1993 to Present	Use of raw materials from aborted babies
Scotland17	2004	Teenage girls sterilized with Implanon without parental knowledge
Sri Lanka18	Late 1980s to Present	Sterilization campaign, bribes, quotas, “subtle coercion”
South Africa19	Early 1990s	Lack of informed consent	Women
Thailand20	Early 2000s	HIV-positive women in sometimes forced to have abortions
Tibet21	Early 1990s to Present	Racist-driven abortion/sterilization by Chinese	Women
United Kingdom22	2004 to Present	Evidence of forced-abortion trends, babies aborted because of birth defects
United States	1927-1981	Eugenics laws allowing forced sterilization of those deemed “unfit”; 2001 FACE act allows for forced abortions in U.S.	Women and Men
Venezuela23	Late 1990s	Sterilization campaign
Vietnam24	1990 to Present	Forced sterilization, bribes and sanctions, lack of informed consent

1 PRI Review 2(1) (January/February 1992): 11.

2 PRI Review 1(5) (September/October 1991): 5.

3 PRI Review 10(1) (January/February 2000): 4.

4 PRI Review 5(6) (November/December 1995): 5.

5 PRI Review 10(4) (July-September 2000): 4.

6 PRI Review 6(3) (May/June 1996): 5; The Human Laboratory a documentary produced by BBC’s Horizon series and aired in Britain (8 November, 1995).

7 PRI Review 3(5) (September/October 1993): 7; “Final report about the use in Honduras of the oral contraceptive Ovrette (Norgestrel) in lactating women,” Honduran Medical Association (7 June 1993).

8 PRI Review 10(1) (January/February 2000): 4.

9 PRI Review 13(5) (September/October 2003): 14; Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, “Women ‘often blamed’ for virus,” Bangkok Post (8 October 2003); SPUC News (9 October 2003).

10 PRI Review 7(2) (March/April 1997): 10; USAID Congressional Presentation FY 1997.

11 PRI Review 9(3) (April/May 1999): 1; United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Proceedings for the Second Preparatory Meeting on Reproductive Health in Refugee Situation, Geneva: (April 5-6, 1995) 8.

12 Yale Alumnae Review.

13 PRI Review 5(5) (September/October 1995): 8; San Francisco Chronicle (3 September 1995): 1-2.

14 PRI Review 3(2) (March/April 1993): 11; Jerome Socolovsky, The Associated Press (10 February 1993).

15 PRI Review 7(2) (March/April 1998): 1; Bermudez, “Sterilization without consent,” Catholic World Report (March 1998).

16 PRI Review 4(4) (July/August 1994): 15; Stern, 6 (1993).

17 PRI Review 14 (4) (July/August 2004): 14.

18 PRI Review 7(2) (March/April 1997): 14; “Study reveals dark side to Sri Lanka’s population control,” Interpress Service Colombo (19 December 1996).

19 PRI Review 2(5) (September/October 1992): 6; “Family Planning and Race in South Africa,” Women’s International Public Health Network News 11 (Spring 1992): 9.

20 PRI Review 13(5) (September/October 2003): 14; Aphaluck Bhatiasevi, “Women ‘often blamed’ for virus,” Bangkok Post (8 October 2003); SPUC News (9 October 2003).

21 PRI Review 3(2) (March/April 1993): 10; Children of Despair, Report No. 3, compiled by Martin Moss for Campaign Free Tibet, introduction by Paul Ingram, 6,2.

22 PRI Review 14 (3) (May/June 2004): 6.

23 PRI Review 10(1) (January/February 2000): 4.

24 PRI Review 10(1) (January/February 2000): 4.

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