Comments on: Enough already. http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/ What a World, What a World... Tue, 15 Dec 2009 03:08:43 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: bridgett http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/#comment-1715 bridgett Mon, 08 Oct 2007 18:42:10 +0000 http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/#comment-1715 According to the WHO, about 6% of disabled women in the world have been involuntarily/forcibly sterilized. The UK is a signator on the UN Declaration (within the last year), but the history of forcible sterilization there has been similar to -- and in many cases, more aggressive than -- the US. It's what one would expect from a country with an imperial past and enduring imperial pretensions. The hierarchical thinking doesn't go away; it simply fastens itself to "defectives" within the nation. Gah. Some days I'm just not up to this. According to the WHO, about 6% of disabled women in the world have been involuntarily/forcibly sterilized. The UK is a signator on the UN Declaration (within the last year), but the history of forcible sterilization there has been similar to — and in many cases, more aggressive than — the US. It’s what one would expect from a country with an imperial past and enduring imperial pretensions. The hierarchical thinking doesn’t go away; it simply fastens itself to “defectives” within the nation.

Gah. Some days I’m just not up to this.

]]> By: Penny http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/#comment-1714 Penny Mon, 08 Oct 2007 17:53:30 +0000 http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/#comment-1714 I don't know what the laws and history of eugenic sterilization are in the UK, but in the "Ashley" case, the surgery was not only unethical, it was also illegal--the family and the hospital neglected to get an important court order--and the girl in question might not have met the criteria for a court-ordered sterilization even if they had tried. If the UK has similar laws, I hope somebody is watching more carefully this time. (That this family is taking about this in the press before the surgery, and that they're apparently using their real full names, might mean there will be more scrutiny of the process, and more opportunities for effective activism.) I'm teaching a set of readings on eugenic sterilization in the US this week in my online course--I wish it wasn't quite so timely. I don’t know what the laws and history of eugenic sterilization are in the UK, but in the “Ashley” case, the surgery was not only unethical, it was also illegal–the family and the hospital neglected to get an important court order–and the girl in question might not have met the criteria for a court-ordered sterilization even if they had tried. If the UK has similar laws, I hope somebody is watching more carefully this time. (That this family is taking about this in the press before the surgery, and that they’re apparently using their real full names, might mean there will be more scrutiny of the process, and more opportunities for effective activism.)

I’m teaching a set of readings on eugenic sterilization in the US this week in my online course–I wish it wasn’t quite so timely.

]]> By: Basic Human Dignity « Tiny Cat Pants http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/#comment-1713 Basic Human Dignity « Tiny Cat Pants Mon, 08 Oct 2007 13:35:06 +0000 http://mybeautifulwickedness.wordpress.com/2007/10/07/enough-already/#comment-1713 [...] Human Dignity Posted on October 8, 2007 by Aunt B. Maybe this is a dumbass question, but, if your daughter has severe cerebral palsy and you’re worried that she would be confused and t..., couldn’t you put her on the Pill and just never give her the sugar pill week?  I mean, call [...] [...] Human Dignity Posted on October 8, 2007 by Aunt B. Maybe this is a dumbass question, but, if your daughter has severe cerebral palsy and you’re worried that she would be confused and t…, couldn’t you put her on the Pill and just never give her the sugar pill week?  I mean, call [...]

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