It was specifically mentioned near the start of the panel that most child-free people don't hate kids. I didn't get a sense that panel members or audience members hated kids, or even actively disliked them.
And the audience was quite against the idea that women in the US were being sterilized without fully informed consent. Surprised and shocked, even. And I think some people were like me.. confused, at first anyway, as to how this could go on in America without the responsible medical personnel being called out and prosecuted on it. Just seems like one of those things that shouldn't happen in the US, in the 21st century, in more than very isolated cases.
Not to treat it lightly, but I really did wonder how if this is going on, it hasn't gotten a mention in all those medical shows I watch. ER, Grey's Anatomy, or Strong Medicine in particular. Television dramas are great for bringing mainstream attention onto things.
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Date: 2008-06-10 05:27 pm (UTC)And the audience was quite against the idea that women in the US were being sterilized without fully informed consent. Surprised and shocked, even. And I think some people were like me.. confused, at first anyway, as to how this could go on in America without the responsible medical personnel being called out and prosecuted on it. Just seems like one of those things that shouldn't happen in the US, in the 21st century, in more than very isolated cases.
Not to treat it lightly, but I really did wonder how if this is going on, it hasn't gotten a mention in all those medical shows I watch. ER, Grey's Anatomy, or Strong Medicine in particular. Television dramas are great for bringing mainstream attention onto things.