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Public outrage over the forced sterilization of poor, Black women had less impact on female sterilization rates in the U.S. than a policy changing how post-birth care is delivered. DisobeyArt/iStock via Getty Images Plus

Reduced health insurance payments for hospital births had a bigger impact on sterilization rates than correcting an injustice

Liana Woskie, Tufts University and Kimberly Turner, University of Pittsburgh

Changes in how healthcare is managed have had a meaningful effect on what contraceptive options are available to women.
The HeLa line of immortal human epithelial cancer cells was derived from cells taken from Henrietta Lacks when she was a cancer patient in 1951. (Wellcome Collection: Anne Weston, Francis Crick Institute)

Settlement with family of Henrietta Lacks is an opportunity to reflect on inequalities in genetic research

Aileen Editha, Queen's University, Ontario

The settlement is a long-awaited moment of victory for Henrietta Lacks and her family. But the battle for justice in genetic and medical research is not over yet.

Related Topics

  1. Birth control
  2. Health
  3. Health care
  4. HeLa cells
  5. Medical ethics
  6. medical racism
  7. Tubal ligations

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