India

Doctor arrested after botched sterilization at India camp kills 13 – The Washington Post

On: November 13, 2014

[H]ere is an update to the recent report about the ‘botched’ sterilizations performed on poor women in India. Thirteen women are dead, but some 122 more are being treated for complications. Authorities have arrested the doctor in charge–R. K. Gupta will now face trial. While the population of India isContinue Reading

8 Women Dead at Indian State-Run Mass Sterilization Camp

By: Sharon

On: November 11, 2014

In: Population Control

[T]his morning brings shocking news from India, where a burgeoning population of over a 1.2 billion people has driven the government to incentivize voluntary sterilization in couples. In this case, eight women who had been paid the equivalent of $10 to remove all possibility of conception at a state-run ‘healthContinue Reading