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Notes from last week's talk on reproductive health policies..

Submitted by CCM on Tue, 11/03/2009 - 10:39pm.
Talk: “Reproductive Rights & Wrongs in Contemporary Latin America”
Speaker: Lynn M. Morgan
 
Some background information: Morgan’s research examines the cultural history of reproductive health policies in Latin America (primarily that of Costa Rica and Nicaragua).
 
Interesting facts:
1998- therapeutic abortion is outlawed in El Salvador. Nicaragua adopted this same policy sometime soon after.
2002- mass sterilization of indigenous Peruvian women takes place
-The morning-after pill has recently been banned in Honduras
-U.N. Millennium Development Goal #5: focuses on improving maternal health by reducing maternal mortality rates
 
Some findings from Morgan’s research in Costa Rica:
-Costa Rica currently has no comprehensive sexual education program
-IVF is banned (ironic considering the country’s pro-children attitude)
-Costa Rica itself is a Catholic country and therefore there’s no separation between church and state

-Despite its shocking reproductive health policies, Costa Rica is very politically and socially progressive. The country itself is ranked 3rd in terms of having the highest gender equity in the world.  

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