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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norplant https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dorothy_Roberts

I will be working predominantly on the Norplant Wikipedia page while adding new sections and revising others. I will be linking Dorothy Roberts, her book Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty (this page I will be creating), and the Norplant pages together.

11-23-13 To the Norplant page I added information pertaining to perspectives outside of the United States to the section titled Use to the Developing World:

The Bangladesh Fertility Research Program (BFRP) also used Norplant in an attempt for population control. Indonesia, the country with one of the largest populations in the world, was one of the first countries to use Norplant. The Indonesian government dispensed Norplant at a high rate to decrease population growth. However, this led to a decrease in citizen's rights. For example, in Bogor, only employees who use Norplant as a method of contraceptive received their paychecks on time while other jobs required proof of Norplant use. 11-25-13 I checked the status on these two additions, and they stayed online. One sentence that was added by someone else needs a citation which I will work on.

11-26-13 I added a section titled Controversy on the Norplant page including the following: After FDA approval, The Inquirer on December 12, 1990 published an editorial entitled "Poverty and Norplant: Can Contraception Reduce the Underclass?" This article by Donald Kimelman related Norplant to the fact that half of all black children in America live in poverty. It also endorsed giving women incentives to use the contraceptive. These incentives included public aid and financial gain. "Kansas Republican state representative Kerry Patrick introduced legislation that would grant welfare recipients a one-time payment of $500 to use Norplant, followed by a $50 bonus each year the implants remained in place."

I also added a link to find Dorothy Roberts under the Norplant page. In Dorothy Roberts' book Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty [13] she describes how racial politics creates a challenge to reproductive rights and does not create reproductive freedom for everyone. In Chapter 3 entitled From Norplant to the Contraceptive Vaccine: The New Frontier of Population Control she describes the introduction of Norplant and the ways in which it could reduce black women's fertility.

Originally I wanted to create a separate page on Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty but I noticed we only read Chapter 3 of her book so I added a section about this chapter under Roberts' page. I did link the Norplant page to Dorothy Roberts.

Currently I am working on summarizing chapter 3 of Dorothy Roberts' book and adding that to her current page. "From Norplant to the Contraceptive Vaccine, The New Frontier of Population Control"[edit] (11-26-13 So far, 225 words have stayed up online.)

11-30-13 I worked on summarizing Chapter 3 of Dorothy Roberts' book and added the following to her page: In Chapter 3 of Roberts' book Killing the Black Body Killing the Black Body: Race, Reproduction, and the Meaning of Liberty she describes how racial politics creates a challenge to reproductive rights and does not create reproductive freedom for everyone. Many states and legislatures used this new contraceptive to propose curbing the birthrate of poor black women. Some created measures to try and implant poor women or women on welfare with Norplant. Others even considered making Norplant mandatory for women on welfare to reduce the number of poor children being supported by the government. Although most people on welfare are not Black, many Americans think they are. The proponents to Norplant also saw it as a solution to teenage pregnancy. Using Norplant to prevent pregnancy and young teenage mothers, it would allow these girls to pursue careers and decrease the number of children dependent on government aid. These are all examples of how Norplant was used as a solution to a monocausal problem instead of seeing race, gender inequalities, and teenage mothers as multi-causal issues.

This was taken down because I forgot to cite it: "Hello, I'm Technopat. I noticed that you made a change to an article, Dorothy Roberts, but you didn't provide a reliable source. It's been removed for now, but if you'd like to include a citation and re-add it, please do so! If you need guidance on referencing, please see the referencing for beginners tutorial, or if you think I made a mistake, you can leave me a message on my talk page. Thank you. Technopat (talk) 19:21, 30 November 2013 (UTC)"

So I revised it to include a quote "Maryland governor William Schaefer suggested that the state should consider making Norplant mandatory for women on welfare. Similarly, bills introduced in Mississippi and South Carolina would require women who already have children to get Norplant inserted as a condition for receiving future benefits." [3] cited it, and re-posted. I also linked the FDA, The Inquirer, and Medicaid to the Norplant page.

12-2-13 Edited some grammatical errors on Chapter 3 of of Roberts page.