Birth Control Shots Forced on Ethiopian Women

Author:
AlJazeera English
Publisher:
AlJazeera English
Publication Date:
30 January 2013
Tags:
Ethiopia, Women and Gender, Pregnancy and Childbirth

Ethiopian Jews in Israel are expressing outrage over revelations that the Israeli government gave some of them long-term birth control injections. This week the Israeli government admitted it had used the drug on some Ethiopian women. Many of the women say they now feel the state has been controlling their fertility.

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