Question by Flyinghorse: GWS: Is this really happening in the USA?
I am reading “Full Frontal Feminism” by Jessica Valenti, and I am appalled, by some information. The book was edited in 2007, so is not old news.

Some of the issues that Valenti addresses are:

1- Pharmacists all over the country have been refusing to give women birth control, because of the introduction of something called ” conscience clause laws”.

2- There are more anti-choice “Pregnancy crisis centres” than health clinics that offer abortions. These anti-choice centres intimidate or trick women into remaining pregnant.

3- There is still between the poor black population coercive sterilization!! (I remember the Nazi era with this!)

Sorry guys, I don’t live in the USA, but something really wrong seems from all this. Why people then say that feminism is not necessary when these things are happening there?

Please help me understand, because form here it seems like back to the past 🙁

All this information is backed up with sources in the book.
I would like to explain more about # 3: Coercion sterilization are pushed under the guise of “helping women”, original name of the organization CRACK (Children Requiring a caring Kommunity), it changed today to “Project Prevention”. The organization pays female drug addicts for surgical sterilization. Why to do that instead of helping them getting treatment for addiction??

Best answer:

Answer by Baba Yaga
1. Yes, this is true. Some pharmacists are refusing to fill birth control prescriptions if doing so conflicts with their religious beliefs.

2. I don’t know if there are “more’ pregnancy crisis centers than health clinics that offer abortions, but I have heard stories over the years of young women who were not counselled that they had a choice. This isn’t necessarily a bad thing, IMO. But masquerading as an organization that offers a choice is.

3. Now this one surprised me. I have never heard that poor back women are forced to undergo sterilization.

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