Forced contraceptives
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KwaZulu-Natal's health department is battling a birth control bombshell after insisting women students chosen to study pharmacy in India be injected with contraceptives.
Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo announced the measure at a farewell dinner for 30 students - 12 of whom are female - in Durban on Monday, catching the bursary recipients totally unaware. No precautionary measure was, however, announced for the male students, causing the Commission for Gender Equality to call it outright discrimination.
Health MEC Sibongiseni Dhlomo announced the measure at a farewell dinner for 30 students - 12 of whom are female - in Durban on Monday, catching the bursary recipients totally unaware. No precautionary measure was, however, announced for the male students, causing the Commission for Gender Equality to call it outright discrimination.
