Word: edelin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...presidential campaigns, and a burgeoning sympathy with the struggle against South African apartheid, yet another shift may be taking place. Jackson argues that "black tells you about skin color and what side of town you live on. African American evokes a discussion of the world." It was Ramona H. Edelin, president of the National Urban Coalition, who actually proposed the switch in December at a Chicago meeting of black leaders, including Jackson, that was held to plan a summit to set a black agenda for the next century. Edelin says she hoped that encouraging the use of African American "would...
...physician at Boston City Hospital agrees. "Patients tell me that the reason why so much sterilization takes place is that some doctors give ultimatums," Dr. Kenneth Edelin, director of Obstetrics and Gynecology at Boston City Hospital, says...
...report, which quotes numerous other phsycians, cites this type of "sterilization sell" as the cause of the significant rise in sterilizations, particularly hysterectomies, performed. Edelin said, however that in the last few years he has seen a marked decrease in sterilization abuse and sterilization by hysterectomy at the Boston City Hospital...
Moreover, some activists do not think that Federal guidelines which only apply to Federally-funded procedures truly address the problem. Edelin, for example, takes particular exception to the mandatory 30-day waiting period between the time of consent and the operation. He says the guidelines punish the victim, not the abuser...