Title Fit to be tied : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1950-1980 / Rebecca M. Kluchin

Published New Brunswick, N.J. : Rutgers University Press, ©2009

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Description 1 online resource (xi, 269 pages) : illustrations Series Critical issues in health and medicine Critical issues in health and medicine. Contents Introduction -- From eugenics to neo-eugenics -- "Fit" women and reproductive choice -- Sterilizing "unfit" women -- "Fit" women fight back -- "Unfit" women fight too -- Irreconcilable conflicts -- The endurance of neo-eugenics Summary Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. Utilizing first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, the shift away from sterilization and how it influenced many as The 1960s revolutionized American contraceptive practice. Diaphragms, jellies, and condoms with high failure rates gave way to newer choices of the Pill, IUD, and sterilization. Fit to Be Tied provides a history of sterilization and what would prove to become, at once, socially divisive and a popular form of birth control. During the first half of the twentieth century, sterilization (tubal ligation and vasectomy) was a tool of eugenics. Individuals who endorsed crude notions of biological determinism sought to control the reproductive decisions of women they considered "unfit" by nature of race or class, and used surgery to do so. Incorporating first-person narratives, court cases, and official records, Rebecca M. Kluchin examines the evolution of forced sterilization of poor women, especially women of color, in the second half of the century and contrasts it with demands for contraceptive sterilization made by white women and men. She chronicles public acceptance during an era of reproductive and sexual freedom, and the subsequent replacement of the eugenics movement with "neo-eugenic" standards that continued to influence American medical practice, family planning, public policy, and popular sentiment Notes Revised edition of thesis: Fit to be tied? : sterilization and reproductive rights in America, 1960-1984 / by Rebecca M. Kluchin. ©2004 Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-262) and index Notes Rebecca M. Kluchin is an assistant professor of history at California State University, Sacramento Description based on print version record Subject Sterilization (Birth control) -- United States -- History -- 20th century Birth control -- Government policy -- United States -- History -- 20th century Reproductive rights -- United States -- History -- 20th century Sterilization, Reproductive -- history Family Planning Policy -- history Socioeconomic Factors Sterilization, Involuntary -- legislation & jurisprudence Women's Rights -- history SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General. BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure. MEDICAL -- History. Birth control -- Government policy Reproductive rights Sterilization (Birth control) SUBJECT United States https://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/D014481 Subject United States Genre/Form History Form Electronic book ISBN 9780813548319 0813548314

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