women of color at risk!

Body: 

Dear Whole Women,

I ran across this just-published study (click here) in International Urogynecology Journal about how Hispanic and Native American women are more bothered than white women by stage 2 prolapse.

This has me fuming because in the United States women-of-color have suffered horrible atrocities by being hysterectomized without their consent and sometimes even without their knowledge. We have a Native American radio show here that has showcased this topic several times, along with personal stories from the women themselves.

To me, a study such as this gives license to perform hysterectomy on women with milder prolapse because the pseudo-science on the subject supports it. By the way, one of the authors practices in Albuquerque and I have been well aware of her bizarre research topics for several years now.

Whole Woman is going to become much more active as soon as I have the bandwidth. The hips book is just about done!

Happy Sunday,

Christine

i just wanted to thank you for being the voice for those of us who feel we have lost ours. iam so grateful for whole woman and greatly appreciate all your hard work. you have saved my life. thank you.

Shameful and sad. There is so much work left to do here.

The publication of your hips research will indeed bring this issue into sharper focus and to a wider audience. I remember just a few sort months ago, a poster on this forum skewered me for my "bedside manner" and this is an actual quote: "What part of 'I don't want to hear any more about the posture' don't you understand?!" To her and the rest of the world, I say, you ain't seen nuthin' yet!! - Surviving

Thanks for raising this issue Christine. I can't wait to see what happens when WW becomes even more active!?
Thanks for all the wonderful work you and the WW team have done so far and continuing to do.
xxwholewomanuk

This kind of stuff really gets my dander up. I remember while growing up in the seventies how woman were fighting for equal rights, and how proud I was of these women fighting for all of us.
I guess this proves that we always need to be on our toes and aware of what is going on out there, and not let others make those kind of decisions for us. Thank you Christine and those like you who are keeping up the good works to benefit all of us!!