patron-saint-of-smart-asses:

metalcatholic:

rose-owl:

patient-positivity:

tilthat:

TIL: North Carolina performed forced sterilizations well into 1970s to combat poverty and welfare costs. If their board deamed you mentally defective, that was their solution.

via reddit.com

Isn’t that kind of what people are trying with contraception, especially in third world countries?

The idea that less children solves poverty is apparent but there’s a big difference between state enforced eugenics and handing out condoms.

Pretty sure all states did this

Unfortunately, foreign aid often forces nations to accept contraceptive programs, and they often bully/harass women into using them. Combine that with lack of knowledge and acceptence of natural methods, and you have lower class, displaced, and/or POC women being forced to use birth control they don’t want and could be harming them.