Summary Of The FilmNo Mas Bebes ( No More Babies?

Contrary to this, others believe that illegal immigrants threaten the United States HealthCare System, Madeline Pelner Cosman stated, “In 1994, 74987 anchor babies in California hospital maternity unit cost $215 million and constituted 36 percent of

Therefore, in the mothers’ point of view, their daughter's sexual encounters were commonly seen as their boyfriends taking advantage of their naivety. Such was the case for Emma, who reports telling her daughter, “‘You think he loves you? Se está aprovechando de ti, ya verás [He’s taking advantage of you, you’ll see]!’” (Garcia, 2012: 24). The reason behind this view is “the patriarchal control over women’s bodies” (Garcia, 2012: 24). Because women were seen as objects, the common explanation for female sexuality is that they were deceived by their partner. Victimization was also seen as a way to maintain both a girl’s and her mother’s reputation. The mothers interviewed were expected to take on the responsibility of raising their children. One of the tasks involved was educating their daughters of the dangers of premarital sex. Like the teachers of the sex education courses the girls had taken, mothers did not go in depth on different methods of pursuing safe sex. In the end, the cultural belief that a daughter who had been properly educated would prevent unwanted pregnancy and STDs through abstinence until marriage persisted in the lives of second-generation Latinas. By portraying their daughters as victims, the mothers would avoid having other relatives place the blame on them for not properly educating their

sterilization was forced among black and other lower-class women population control. The problem is the white race has oppressing lower class women. Telling lower class women when they can and not have children, the dominant race only looks after themselves and their future, not the further of other races. For example, when President Roosevelt realized that white women were choosing to abort, he was mourning this and considered this race suicide. Although, at this time the United States was expanding, spreading out to the Philippines, white women adjusted themselves and did something for their own benefit. As an obligation to this country, white women began introducing birth control to the poor and black women. The reason behind a white women’s duty to introduce birth control to other women not of their race, was because they did not want to dishonor or disgrace this nation with the lower class becoming more of something or overpopulating the white race. It is insane how, the lower-class women were criticized for reproducing more, but could not get access to birth control because it cost too much. Therefore, they would have to get sterilized, cutting down the number of those that were poor, and having women never to reproduce again. Reproductive rights and birth control, became inaccurate, and it was fitting and suitable only to a certain race, the white

I will compare the adaptation of both domestic and international legislation like penal codes and the Convention on the Elimination of all Forms of Discrimination Against Women in both El Salvador and the Philippines. I will also briefly discuss Catholicism and its influence on the legislation being passed in both countries. Section two will also be comprised of a comparison of women’s advocacy groups in both El Salvador and the Philippines. I will demonstrate how these groups affect the discourse on reproductive rights and how they enforce changes, if any.

Current The United States Immigration System (USIC) policy is inhumane to the country and its legal system. There have been many incidents of brutal deportation where person is being hurt or experienced inhumanity. As stated by Mallory Shelbourne in the article published in The Hill, “The administrative complaint includes accounts from multiple women who were detained by [Immigrations and Customs Enforcement] while pregnant, including one woman who said she was unable to obtain medical attention after telling officials she was pregnant and bleeding.” This exemplified the cruelty of officials in the process. Pregnant women or any medical seeking person should be taken care by officials regardless of their immigration status.

The case began in 1970, when Norma McCorvey, also known as Jane Roe, began seeking a legal abortion. Jane Roes attorney, Sarah Weddington, understood her position because she became pregnant when she was attending law school. Weddington was also working three jobs but could barely afford the procedure (Gold & Donovan, 2017, pp. 58-59). Women were afraid to have abortions due to the risks they would have to take like crossing the Mexico–United States border or other health related risks. Countless abortions either resulted in death or painful infections that would lead to more problems. In fact, untrained doctors would attempt to perform these procedures with no anesthetics and unfit equipment. “As late as 1965, illegal abortion accounted for an estimated 17 percent of all officially

The film showed that some health care providers might mistreat patients because they do not have insurance. Also, they do not have the means to pay their expensive health care bill. The emergency room is the least effective in caring for undocumented immigrants and people in general. Much less, it does not provide an effective way in managing individual health care needs. The film also showed that undocumented immigrants may be afraid of reporting mistreatment from hospitals and employers because they are concerned about being deported.

While across the United States exists considerable numbers of birth tourism, there is one state in particular that research shows to have the greatest activity. 1 Statistics highlights, “more than two-thirds of all births in Los Angeles public hospitals, and more than half of all births in that city, and nearly 10 percent of all births in the nation in recent years, have been to mothers who are here illegally” (Will). 2 Los Angeles is seeing high activity for birth tourism due to package plans available through agencies, “profit-seeking and sometimes illegal organizations that arrange accommodations and hospital visits for groups of Chinese women” (Brush). Immigrants from across other countries come to settle in the Unites States for better opportunity’s and a high percentage are from Latin America. 3 In fact, “the U.S. 4 is typically centered around people from

he most significant reason against this policy includes the violation of female rights in behalf of the government deciding the number of infants a family have to have and the increment of crime against women. Since, 1979 the law has prevented around 250 million births since ultrasound tests and abortions became easier to access (Doc E). Also, since ultrasound tests are more accessible this policy created sex discrimination and the number of abortions increased since they could find out earlier if they were expecting a male or female (Doc E). It is imperative to mention that since there's fewer woman, woman became more vulnerable to suffer a crime against them and it represents the power the government is capable of using. This information

68-92). Andaya (2014) uses quotes from participants to explain the Cuban narrative of abortion (pp. 80-82). There seems to be a double narrative that is taking place during discussions surrounding abortion. One narrative designates women who keep unintended pregnancies as “undisciplined” (Pg. 82). Women are shamed for conceiving often, especially if they are of a lower class. On the other hand, there is a counter narrative which shames women who have had multiple abortions (Pg. 68). This shaming is disguised a concern for women’s health and fertility, where Andaya (2014) writes “The state holds that abortion is a public health problem…in 2004, 11 of the 54 maternal mortalities were abortion related (Acosta 2006)” in which Cuba has “linked” abortion to maternal mortality. Furthermore, Andaya (2014) also writes “…in 2009, more than half of the cases of female infertility among young women were thought

Naturally this affected Mexican American families, but more than that it criminalized and marginalized their lifestyle, providing even more reason to sterilize Mexican American Women. Whether or not a family member had been previously committed to a California Prison was often used as a reason to sterilize Mexican American women. Such is the case of Manuela Morales whose brother was an inmate in a California Institution. Not only did the eugenics board draw on Manuela’s incarcerated brother, but also the “unsocial behavior” other members of her family were perceived to exhibit. The official decision to sterilize Manuela cites reasons such as her mother being of low mentality and an alcoholic with eleven children, and her father being a laborer born in Mexico and therefore lacked the ability to understand (Lira and Stern 24). Stories such as Manuela and her family’s provide clear evidence that the forced Sterilizations of Mexican American Women was a direct attack on Mexican American families with the purpose of reducing the Mexican American population, thus solving California’s “foremost racial

Many pregnant immigrant women are illegally coming into the country just to have their babies. These women get free medical attention for themselves and the baby. This is costing the U.S. millions of dollars every year.

Lopez used many resources to piece together an understanding and educational opinion in regards to United States influence within Puerto Rico, and the causes and effects of birth control movements. She discovered that there was a large intrigue with Neo-Malthusianism within the United Sates during the time that they were colonizing Puerto Rico. According to Lopez, intrigue with Neo-Malthusianism along slide of a Eugenic ideology was the majority cause for the significant loss of Reproductive Freedom among Puerto Rican women. She does acknowledge that Puerto Rican women were not the only to

While Latin America’s lack of reproductive rights would seem to be common knowledge, many are unaware of how exactly women in Latin American countries are affected. In a fairly large number of countries, abortion is illegal. In regards to this, “in 2008, 12 percent of maternal deaths in Latin America and the Caribbean were due to unsafe abortions.” (Mane, 2013) 95% of the abortions

In the context of classical Marxism, the moral permissibility of surrogate motherhood is forcefully negated. Marxism condemns the practice of surrogacy as an exemplification of commodity fetishism in capitalist society, viewing surrogacy arrangements as a commercialization of the female womb. The term, “commodification of the womb,” thus arises to describe the process by which services carried out by the female womb are sold and purchased on the market. Through such transactions, the surrogate’s body and the infant it produces are transformed from subjects to objects that have both exchange value and use value in their commodified state.