Session: Reckoning with the Historical Positioning of Social Work Practices within the Context of Reproductive Regulation and Child Socialization Movements
"These Evil Products:" Considering Reproductive Sterilization for those Deemed Disabled in a Western State
Professor, Department Chair University of Hawai'i, Manoa
Scholarly works have focused on the ways that forced sterilization was deployed against minority women in various states. However, this talk explores some of the hidden history of policy debates that explored the possibility of legislating reproductive sterilization on people with disabilities in a Western Territory, and later State.
Learning Objectives:
At the end of this session, attendees should be able to:
Upon completion, participants will be able to articulate the ways that mandatory sterilization is considered for controlling populations in colonized spaces.
Upon completion, participants will be able articulate the conflicting discussion of "rights" as a justification for various sterilization policy proposals.
Upon completion, participants will be able to communicate the utility of historical research on disability to understand contemporary issues in disability rights and justice.
