September 2011
3 posts
getaway
Just got back from norcal, best weekend ever.
Racist Medicine
Today I learned that USC, in the seventies, forced Latina women to get their tubes tied because their wombs were supposed to be “the most dangerous place for a baby.” Without considering the mother’s options, nurses would tell them that if they refused to get their tubes tied, they would not receive anesthesia or make up incidents such as, ‘in order for you to live, we must...
