A controversial motion suggesting that homeless people should be sterilised was approved by the city council of Curitiba in Brazil. Councillor Eder Borges of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s Liberal Party introduced the motion, arguing it would address issues related to homelessness and substance abuse. However critics have labelled the proposal as “eugenicist” and “Nazi”. Borges’s Read more
Family-oriented countries like Hungary, Poland and the Philippines are being targeted by population control groups because of their beliefs and pro-life culture, says Human Life International. HLI president Father Shenan Boquet said the groups that take issue with pro-family countries have a “perception that you must lessen the number of children and introduce contraception, sterilisation Read more
As part of President Obama’s healthcare overhaul, come August 2012, all American private insurers must provide women with coverage for FDA-approved contraception – including sterilisation and “emergency” contraceptives that have an abortifacient effect. The plan also covers breast pumps for nursing mothers, an annual “well woman” physical, counseling on how to avoid sexually transmitted diseases Read more
The government in the northern India state of Rajasthan is offering prizes to people for being sterilised. Prizes include food processors, television sets and motorbikes. The cheapest car in the world, a NZ$3,600 Tata Nano car can also be won. “We want to promote sterilisation,” Pratap Singh Dutter, the deputy chief medical officer of Jhunjhunu Read more