The following is a resumed translation of a story published on the Cimac news site on 25 November 2011.
Community midwives in Oaxaca allege that the State Health Service is violating indigenous women’s’ rights by fitting them with the IUD or coil without their consent. What is more, they claim that these devices are being fitted immediately postpartum, preventing the normal bleeding that occurs in the month after birth and thus severely endangering their health. Women are also becoming pregnant despite the IUDs, running the risk of miscarriage and severe hemorrhaging.
Filed under: Human Rights in Mexico, Women's Right to Choose, human rights, Oaxaca, reproductive choice, sexual health
Hiding Under the Bed Is Not the Answer 
[…] to hear complaints from post-partum women that they have been fitted with the contraceptive coil –without their consent and sometimes without their knowledge. In some cases this action, which is dangerous as it can […]