. . "In August 2003, North Carolina became the first U.S. state to offer restitution to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out by its eugenics program between 1929 and 1975. The decision was prompted by newspaper stories based on the research of Johanna Schoen, who was granted unique access to summaries of 7,500 case histories and the papers of the North Carolina Eugenics Board. In this book, Schoen situates the state's reproductive politics in a national and global context. Widening her focus to include birth control, sterilization, and abortion policies across the nation, she demonstrates how each method for limiting unwanted pregnancies had the potential both to expand and to limit women's reproductive choices. Such programs overwhelmingly targeted poor and nonwhite populations, yet they also extended a measure of reproductive control to poor women that was previously out of reach. On an international level, the United States has influenced reproductive health policies by, for example, tying foreign aid to the recipients' compliance with U.S. notions about family planning. The availability of U.S.-funded family planning aid has proved to be a double-edged sword, offering unprecedented opportunities to poor women while subjecting foreign patients to medical experimentation that would be considered unacceptable at home. Drawing on the voices of health and science professionals, civic benefactors, and the women themselves, Schoen's study allows deeper understandings of the modern welfare state and the lives of American women. --Publisher description." . . . . . . . "Choice & coercion birth control, sterilization, and abortion in public health and welfare"@en . . . . "Electronic books"@en . "This book situates North Carolina's reproductive politics in a national and global context. It demonstrates how each method for limiting unwanted pregnancies had the potential both to expand and to limit women's reproductive choices. Schoen's study allows deeper understandings of the modern welfare state and the lives of women."@en . . . . . . . "History"@en . "History" . . . . . . . . . . "Choice & coercion" . . . . . . . . "Choice & coercion : birth control, sterilization, and abortion in public health and welfare" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Choice and coercion" . . "Choice and coercion"@en . "Régulation des naissances Politique publique États-Unis Caroline du Nord (États-Unis)." . . "Health Policy North Carolina History." . . "Abortion, Induced North Carolina History." . . "Stérilisation involontaire États-Unis Caroline du Nord Histoire." . . "Sterilization, Reproductive North Carolina History." . . "politique publique régulation des naissances Caroline du Nord (Etats-Unis) 20e s." . . "Stérilisation eugénique Caroline du Nord Histoire." . . "Eugenics North Carolina History." . . . . "Schwangerschaftsabbruch." . . "North Carolina." . . "Régulation des naissances." . . "eugénisme stérilisation (procréation) Caroline du Nord (Etats-Unis) 20e s." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE Abortion & Birth Control." . . "Familienpolitik." . . "Stérilisation (régulation des naissances) États-Unis Caroline du Nord (États-Unis)." . . "Régulation des naissances Politique gouvernementale Caroline du Nord Histoire." . . "Avortement Politique publique États-Unis Caroline du Nord (États-Unis)." . . "Birth control." . . "Avortement Politique gouvernementale Caroline du Nord Histoire." . . "Santé publique." . . "Caroline du Nord." . . "avortement politique publique Caroline du Nord (Etats-Unis) 20e s." . . "Politique gouvernementale." . . "Avortement." . . "Histoire." . . "Zwangssterilisation." . . "Geburtenregelung." . . "Stérilisation (Gynécologie)" . . "Eugénisme." . . "Contraception North Carolina History." . .