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9/12/2012 - Jewish Agency for Israel]
9.12.2012. Ethiopian women who moved to
Israel eight years ago claimed Israeli officials coerced them to receive
injections of Depo-Provera, a long-acting birth control drug, as a prerequisite
to immigration.
Speaking to reporters on an episode of
Israel Educational Television’s investigative show “Vacuum” that aired on
Saturday, several immigrants described the intense pressure placed on them to
keep their families small.
The women claimed Israeli representatives
from the Joint Distribution Committee (JDC) and the Health Ministry told them
that raising large families is especially difficult, that it is for hard people
with many children to find work and support their families, and that many
landlords would not be willing to rent apartments to large families.
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