Article ID: CBB489200741

Fertility Surveyors and Population-Making Technologies in Latin America (2017)

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This article analyzes the role of fertility surveyors as framing specialists, who in the 1940s portrayed Latin American populations as likely to change their attitudes regarding birth control. A heterogeneous group of social scientists, clinical workers, and their financial supporters, all of whom were interested in population limitation and women's health issues, were involved in the deployment of the fertility survey, a tool that played an essential role justifying the promotion of birth control methods and population limitation policies. This group also included locals who became involved in research alongside US experts, albeit as unequal partners.

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Authors & Contributors
Dyck, Erika
Merchant, Emily Klancher
Oren-Magidor, Daphna
Braasch, Birgit
Erin Heidt-Forsythe
Jensen, Robin E.
Concepts
Fertility
Population
Sterility; infertility
Reproductive technologies
Science and society
Reproduction
Time Periods
20th century
21st century
20th century, late
19th century
Early modern
Modern
Places
United States
Europe
Okinawa
Alberta, Canada
Atlantic Ocean
England
Institutions
Air Force Research Laboratory (Kirtland Air Force Base)
Sandia National Laboratories (United States)
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