Israel Admits Ethiopian Women Were Given Birth Control Shots
By Talila Nesher,
Haaretz
| 01. 27. 2013
A government official has for the first time acknowledged the practice of injecting women of Ethiopian origin with the long-acting contraceptive Depo-Provera.
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