Talk:Compulsory sterilization

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Are IUDs birth-control or sterilization?
There seems to be discrepancies as to how IUDs are considered:
 * Bangladesh: IUD are considered birth-control
 * China & Xinjiang: IUDs are considered sterilization
 * Colombia: IUDs are birth-control
 * Uzbekistan: IUDs are birth-control — Preceding unsigned comment added by Aufumy (talk • contribs) 04:56, 21 February 2022 (UTC)

Israel section
Unless I'm misreading, Israel is the only country in this article specifically about compulsory sterilization listed when they were being accused of forcing or tricking Ethiopian women into taking birth control. I don't see any other country listed where compulsory or coerced birth control programs are the primary accusation. Furthermore, an investigation found no evidence that Israel was even forcing or coercing women to take birth control. So, I find its placement on this list quite odd.

Source: https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-comptroller-ethiopians-not-forced-into-birth-control-1.5392931

71.115.151.77 (talk) 18:08, 11 February 2022 (UTC)


 * I looked into this topic some more and see that reliable sources take issue with the characterization of this program as forced sterilization, not because there aren't credible allegations that the Israeli state coerced Ethiopian women –– there are –– but because the use of Depo-Provera birth control is temporary (if long lasting) whereas sterilization is understood to be permanent. See in particular this excellent discussion: . For that reason I am removing the section. This content may very well belong elsewhere on the encyclopedia (and the Israeli state does not come out smelling like roses in the matter), but I am convinced by what I've read that it does not belong here. Generalrelative (talk) 22:46, 17 February 2022 (UTC)


 * From my understanding, what happened was a combination of language miscommunication and/or domestic deception. When Israelis airlifted tens of thousands of Ethiopians into Israel, Israelis conducting medical examinations may have either misinterpreted Ethiopian women's answers as consenting to taking birth control or Ethiopian women may not have perfectly understood what they were agreeing to. Or it may have been some women knew what they were agreeing to, but because they came from a cultural background where birth control is extremely taboo, they may have lied that they were coerced when caught by their families or simply out of guilt. I think the former might be more plausible, because it seems strange Israel would go out of their way to airlift tens of thousands of people into their country and make them citizens only to force them to go on birth control. I hadn't considered removing the section entirely, but I do agree that it doesn't belong on this article. Because the controversy exists at all, even if it may be incorrect, it does belong somewhere, I just don't know where. Perhaps its own article? 71.115.151.77 (talk) 14:08, 18 February 2022 (UTC)


 * Looks like this is already covered at Racism in Israel, and there does seem to be evidence that these women were given Depo-Provera without their informed consent (a nurse admitting to it on hidden camera, reported by the Times of Israel): . Why would Israel do this? I obviously can't answer for a state, but I would venture to guess that the people who spearheaded airlifts in the past are different people from the ones who organized the program in question. And let's not leave out the obvious context here, the reason why these women's complaints are prima facie plausible: the presence of widespread racism against people of Ethiopian origin in Israel. See e.g., , . In any case, I'd be happy to continue the conversation at Talk:Racism in Israel. Generalrelative (talk) 14:47, 18 February 2022 (UTC)

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Compulsory sterilization of sex offenders
The article only very briefly mentions this. This is definitely an area where the article could do with expansion. --Eldomtom2 (talk) 14:36, 3 May 2022 (UTC)

Denmark's forced sterilization of Inuit Greenlanders
There is some information about this, but it is still under investigation so there is a lot of uncertainty. Should it be included in the Denmark section? https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63049387 https://www.arctictoday.com/the-largest-ever-probe-into-possible-historical-danish-wrongdoings-in-greenland-is-about-to-begin/ 123apoptosis (talk) 06:02, 8 November 2022 (UTC)

Compulsory sterilization for criminals
Compulsory sterilisation as an attempt to restrain (sexual) crime. While this includes people convicted under anti-LGBT laws, it also includes people convicted of rape. see chemical castration for more info. Bart Terpstra (talk) 17:06, 6 July 2023 (UTC)


 * Bring sources, and then feel free to WP:BOLDly add to the article yourself. We don't need a big header on the article explaining the need for this when you have provided no sources. Generalrelative (talk) 14:31, 4 September 2023 (UTC)

changed "wage controls" to "minumum wage laws"
in this sentence:


 * Thomas C. Leonard, professor at Princeton University, describes American eugenics and sterilization as ultimately rooted in economic arguments and further as a central element of Progressivism alongside wage controls, restricted immigration, and the introduction of pension programs.

"Wage controls" is ambiguous as to weather a minimum or maximum wage is mandated. It is not a common usage; the closest common phrase to it is "wage and price controls", which means a limit on maximum increases in wages. The reference by Leonard explicitly is talking about minimum wage laws. Ttulinsky (talk) 00:49, 27 December 2023 (UTC)

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Bangladesh
The Bangladesh section feels like a mixed bag. It actually take about two separate kinds of initiatives:

Artoria2e5 🌉 09:46, 17 April 2024 (UTC)
 * The "civilian sterilization programs" target poor men and women and offer a financial incentive. People are "persuaded" to do it (bad?), and in some cases, they do it to receive food (BAD) or they get it done without knowledge (VERY BAD).
 * The Rohingya program is recent. It claims to be voluntary.
 * The interviewed woman, Sabura, seems interested in some kind of family planning.
 * I've got no idea on how to interpret Farhana Sultana's message. Do these woman also think sterilization is a sin?