Posted by sandymaple on October 19th, 2009 at 10:06 am

Insurance Company Tells Woman to Get Sterilized

maternity care sm250 Insurance Company Tells Woman to Get SterilizedIn testimony that Maryland Senator Barbara Mikulski called “bone-chilling,” Colorado mom Peggy Robertson recently shared with a Senate committee the unbelievable story of how a  major health insurance carrier refused to insure her and what they suggested she do to make herself eligible for coverage. Continue reading »


Posted by jeannesager on June 22nd, 2009 at 4:30 pm

Mom Forbidden by Judge to Get Pregnant Does it Anyway

charlie baird Mom Forbidden by Judge to Get Pregnant Does it AnywayJudge Charlie Baird was accused to providing judicial support to enforced sterilization when he told Felicia Salazar she couldn’t have anymore children as part of her probation last year. This year he’s singing a different tune.

Felicia Salazar walked into a Texas courtroom with her two-month-old baby, just ten months after being ordered by Baird not to procreate. So what did the judge say? Continue reading »


Posted by jeannesager on June 15th, 2009 at 10:01 am

Docs Tell Mom She’s Too Young for Tubal

tarrahseymour Docs Tell Mom Shes Too Young for TubalAt twenty-one, Tarrah Seymour is pregnant with her second child and says she doesn’t want anymore. But doctors have told her she’s too young to decide for herself.

The married Canadian mom has been denied a tubal ligation by her doctors, who say they won’t even consider it until she’s twenty-five.

So much for “our bodies, ourselves.” Continue reading »


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