Showing posts with label Mississippi Appendectomies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mississippi Appendectomies. Show all posts

Friday, November 12, 2010

African-Americans and Science 2

Not only did African-American men undergo unethical medical studies in the Tuskegee syphilis study, but also African-American women were victims of unethical medical practices. What was called the Mississippi Appendectomies in which unnecessary hysterectomies were performed on poor black women to stop them from reproducing and to give doctors a chance to practice the procedure. What they did was wrong on so many levels. They pretty much considered African-Americans as pests and wanted to keep their numbers down. Again, how could people...DOCTORS do this to their patients? The doctors who allowed and performed these unnecessary hysterectomies on African-American women are pure evil in my eyes.