A climate of misinformation and fear has people feeling they are making their contraceptive choices under duress.
Justina Licata is an assistant professor of history at Indiana University East and a historian of U.S., women’s and African American history. One of her subjects of study is, a contraceptive implant introduced in the 1990s. In her research, Licata found that Norplant was pushed on many women by the Indian Health Service .
Though LARCs are the most effective contraceptive products on the market, many reproductive justice activists have criticized the aggressiveness with which public health agencies promote them among low-income people, people of color and disabled people precisely because of this history.
“Especially for Black and Brown communities, this idea that the most efficacious method, you know, ‘set it and forget it’ is best, that’s just not resonant with some people,” said McLemore, pointing out that side effect profiles are very important to many birth control users. For personal safety reasons, some people may also need a form of birth control that’s totally undetectable to a partner or others, whereas for other people that may not be a concern.
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