Norplant

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• That would include Norplant and IUDs, but not condoms or diaphragms or whatever you can pick up anywhere.

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• In 1991, a California judge started the ball rolling by sentencing an African-American woman to have Norplant inserted as punishment for child abuse.

  Academic text (1993)

• Norplant, an oral contraceptive, was ready to be launched by the manufacturer in Canada.

  Academic text (1999)

• Many African-American women raised similar concerns in the early 1990s after the introduction of the contraceptive Norplant (Turner 1993:221-224).

  Academic text (2008)

• The controversial imposition of Norplant upon young, poor women of African descent in the United States is a contemporary example of this infringement of the basic right to reproductive choice.

  Academic text (1993)

• Contraceptive pills and injectable contraceptives, including the new long-term Norplant, are the only methods found to be effective with child-spacers.

  Academic text (1993)

• Moreover, in early 1993, the city of Baltimore, Maryland, began encouraging the use of Norplant and providing its implantation free of charge to young African-American teenage girls.

  Academic text (1993)

• n153 Perez involved a prescription contraceptive called Norplant, a "hybrid" medical device consisting of a drug capsule that is surgically implanted in the patient.

  Academic text (2009)

• With respect to the sex differences in perceptions of information on human sexuality topics, females perceived themselves to be more knowledgeable than males did with respect to contraceptives for females (pill and Norplant).

  Academic text (2004)

• Many women choose Norplant because it provides effective birth control for several years.

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