“that wont allow a 7 week US termination — they do a min. mandatory 8 week due 2 religious affiliation”

Ummm….you are aware that most clinics want you to be that far along, too, because with earlier abortions it is harder to be sure you have gotten everything out? I’ve worked at two grassroots feminist women’s health centers – clearly no religious influences there – and that was their policy.

so, KAISER PERMANENTE, a catholic insurance corporation (that wont allow a 7 week US termination — they do a min. mandatory 8 week due 2 religious affiliation, per their own insurance co.), actually posted sterilization on their front ad? and then broadcast it 2 a spanish community, too?!

intriguing…

As bloggers Elena, Jaya, and Nora Ann have pointed out – This class is listed on both the English and Spanish flyers. And whether we say in English “Our classes include,” or in Spanish “le invitamos a las siguientes clases (we invite you to the following classes),” our goal is to provide information for a “Healthy Pregnancy & Baby Care,” or “Un embarazo saludable y cuidado del bebé.”

Also, please note that the hospital tour and free English and Spanish-language classes cover the same curriculum, including childbirth preparation (parto) and breast-feeding (lactancia materna). There has been no interest from Spanish-dominant parents for Lamaze classes, but if this changes, we would be happy to add this to our schedule of offerings.

Providing health care to our members in the language they prefer and in a manner that is respectful and culturally responsive is a core value for Kaiser Permanente. That is why your input and that of the communities we serve is so very important to us.

Socorro Serrano

Instead of providing women with access to alternative forms of safe, legal and reversible contraception, U.S. policy promoted the use of permanent sterilization. Institutionalized encouragement of sterilization through the use of “door-to-door” visits by health workers, financial subsidy of the operation, and industrial employer favoritism toward sterilized women pushed women towards having “la operacion.” These coercive strategies denied women access to informed consent. More than one-third of the women in the 1968 study didn’t know that sterilization through tubal ligation was a permanent form of contraception. The euphemism “tying the tubes” made women think the procedure was easily reversible.

http://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book/companion.asp?id=32&compID=55