Sister Surgeons
Sister Surgeons
Lauri Romanzi & Sohier Elneil
EP3: Handmaid's Tale 2.0? A global lens on eugenics, contraception, egg freezing and forced hysterectomies
31 minutes Posted Oct 6, 2020 at 1:59 pm.
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Dr. Sierra Washington, Director of Global Health for the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the State University of New York/Stonybrook Renaissance School of Medicine, talks with the Sisters about the history of the Eugenics Movement, contraception/family planning in the US and across the world, egg freezing for professionals and forced hysterectomies for detained immigrants within the world of reproductive health and rights.

https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/americanexperience/features/pill-eugenics-and-birth-control/

https://www.usatoday.com/story/opinion/2020/07/23/racism-eugenics-margaret-sanger-deserves-no-honors-column/5480192002/

https://www.cdc.gov/tuskegee/index.html

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/hysterectomies-ice-allegations-whistleblower-georgia-1062429/

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/18/egg-freezing-start-ups-funded-or-run-by-women.html

https://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-egg-freezing-is-keeping-more-women-in-the-tech-industry-the-inside-story/