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☆ 'Father of Modern Gynecology' J. Marion Sims performed dangerous 'experiments' on enslaved Black women without the use of anesthesia
▼ + stars: | 2024-01-14 | by ( Brianna Holt | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +7 min

Many of his medical achievements came at the cost of the health and well-being of enslaved Black women. He performed surgical experiments on enslaved Black women, often without the use of anesthesia. Black women were experimented on to improve health care for white womenSocietal, institutional, and systemic racism has endangered the lives of Black women for centuries. In a 2023 CDC study , Black women reported experiences of mistreatment during maternity care at the highest rate of women surveyed. As enslaved Black women were considered to be the property pf their owners, and therefore did not have their own rights of refusal, Sims' experimented on Black women in order to improve gynecological outcomes for white women.

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The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct” in sterilizing an Inuit woman. In July, The Associated Press reported on the case of an Inuit woman in Yellowknife who had surgery in 2019 aimed at relieving her abdominal pain. “This is a pivotal case for Canada because it shows that forced sterilization is still happening,” said Dr. Unjali Malhotra, of the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia. Political Cartoons View All 1182 ImagesBut the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said they would not be investigating Kotaska, because the woman hasn't filed a criminal complaint.

Persons: Andrew Kotaska, sterilize, ”, Unjali Malhotra, “, ” Kotaska, hasn't, Steven Cooper, Lisa Kelly, ” Kelly, Kelly, ” Sen, Yvonne Boyer, ” Boyer, Kotaska, ” Emma Cunliffe Organizations: Associated Press, First Nations Health Authority, AP, Canadian, Royal Canadian Mounted Police, RCMP, Queen’s University, University of British, Associated Press Health, Science Department, Howard Hughes Medical Institute’s Science, Educational Media Group Locations: sterilizing, Yellowknife, Canada, British Columbia, Ontario, Northwest Territories, University of British Columbia

[1/6] An Aedes aegypti mosquito is seen under a magnifying glass at the CNEA (National Atomic Energy Commission), in Ezeiza, in the outskirts of Buenos Aires, Argentina April 12, 2023. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian TPX IMAGES OF THE DAYBUENOS AIRES, April 17 (Reuters) - Argentine, fighting one of its worst outbreaks of dengue in recent years, is sterilizing mosquitoes using radiation that alters their DNA before releasing them into the wild. Their population keeps on moving further south," said National Atomic Energy Commission (CNEA) biologist Marianela Garcia Alba. They expect to release the first batch of sterilized males in November. Similar techniques to sterilize pests using the same radiation found in X-rays have been utilised for decades, helping global efforts to control diseases such as chikungunya, dengue and Zika.

☆ The parents of an 8-year-old trans girl say they're moving from Florida to Minnesota, fearing an anti-trans law that could threaten the custody of their daughter
▼ + stars: | 2023-04-07 | by ( Leo Aquino | Lloyd Lee | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +8 min

The bill would restrict funding and protections for healthcare providers that offer gender-affirming care to trans patients. "I thought the worst they would do is restrict gender-affirming care," Amanda said. This would prohibit universities or health insurance plans for government workers from using public funds to provide gender-affirming care. In February, the Board of Medicine expanded on the restrictions and banned gender-affirming care for minors, including in clinical trials. In a previous story about SB 254, representatives for DeSantis declined to comment on SB 254 until it makes its way to the Governor's desk.

☆ Children as young as 10 and rape victims were sterilized in Utah as late as the 1970s. Time is running out to get justice.
▼ + stars: | 2023-02-15 | by ( Marianne Guenot | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +9 min

Victims as young as 10 were sterilizedA picture of the Utah State Hospital from the late 1800s. Sterilizations were carried out in this hospital before the Utah State Training School was opened. 'He felt there was nothing he could do to prevent the operation'An entrance to the Utah State Training School, American Fork, Utah, February 1942. Utah State Historical SocietyLike many other states in the US, the people who were deemed unfit in Utah — labeled as "feeble-minded"— would be sent to off to state institutions — first at the Utah State Hospital they at the Utah State Training School from 1931. At the Utah State Training School, students were meant to learn practical skills like housework, sewing, and shoe mending.

☆ Restoring a rat-infested 1948 school bus
▼ + stars: | 2022-10-17 | by ( Melissa Estrada | ) www.businessinsider.com time to read: +5 min

Jason Kellogg from Country Boy Gas Garage restored an abandoned 1948 Ford F5 bus found in a forest. The old church bus was covered in moss and ferns and was infested with rats. Jason Kellogg: Today, we're gonna be talking about the 1948 Ford F5 school bus that I found abandoned in the forest that had been there for over 25 years. My favorite part of the entire restoration would probably be the fact that this used to be a church bus. So I decided that I was going to make a reunion trip with the bus back to the church.

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