Fertile Matters: The Politics of Mexican-Origin Women's Reproduction

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index ABC News, 89 abortion, 17, 28, 29, 31, 37, 128, 133n13 Abourzek, James, 39 acculturation. See assimilation Acosta, Gabriel, 144n47 AFDC. See Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC) African Americans: birth control for, 40, 45; fertility/birthrates of, 3, 9, 64–65, 67, 68, 112, 149–150n40; and motherhood, 9; Moynihan on families of, 3, 129n11; population of, 33; reproductive control of African American women, 9; stereotypes of African American women, 9; sterilization of, 38, 39 AFS. See Austin Fertility Survey (AFS) Aid to Families with Dependent Children (AFDC), 162n39 Alabama, 38 Alito, Samuel, 128 Allen, Ruth, 56–58, 67, 147–148n10, 148n14 Alvírez, David, 149n35 AMA. See American Medical Association (AMA) American Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, 27 American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, 37, 51–52 Americanization, 11–12. See also assimilation American Medical Association (AMA), 20, 134–135n41 American Nurses Association, 135n41 American Residents Abroad in Mexico , 80 Anagost, Ann, 130n31 Analysis of the 1990 Census in California , An, 112 anchor babies, 125–126 Andrade, Sally, 6–7, 12 Andrade et al. v. Los Angeles County– USC Medical Center, 36, 95 Anglos. See whites anti-immigration policies. See undocumented immigrants Arizona, 163n45 Arizona Republic, 79, 109 Asian Americans, fertility of, 112 assimilation, 11–12, 58–60, 67, 69, 70, 71–72, 110 Association for Voluntary Sterilization , 20 Audubon Society, 19 Austin Fertility Survey (AFS), 62–64, 149n35 Baca Zinn, Maxine, 58–59, 129n11 Ball, Patrick, 15 T4292.indb 185 T4292.indb 185 7/27/07 7:23:11 AM 7/27/07 7:23:11 AM Fertile Matters 186 Bancroft, Hubert Howe, 10 Bean, Frank D., 60, 62–64, 69 Belli, Ashe, and Choulos, 36 Benavides, Estela, 43, 144n52 Benker, Karen, 1–2, 40–47, 52, 129n4, 145n64 Bergalind, Douglas, 81–82, 155–156n81 Bilderback, Loy, 73 bilingual education, 159n1 Bilirakis, Michael, 118–119, 162n41 birth control: and Americanization policies , 11–12; in California, 30, 31, 33, 134n39; Commission on Population Growth and the American Future (CPGAF)’s recommendation on, 17; correlation between intelligence and family size, 78; Denver birth control clinic, 76; in developing countries, 17; Ehrlich on, 18; and Family Planning Services and Research Act (1970), 16, 37, 133n13; funding for family planning services for the poor, 37; government funding of, 79; and IUDs, 40; and medical professionals , 19–21, 40, 134–135n41, 135n46; Mexican Americans and African Americans targeted for, 40, 45; in Mexico, 26, 80; and pathological reasons for having children, 76; and poverty prevention, 45, 141n12; Tanton on, 76, 77–78; and University of Southern California–Los Angeles County Medical Center (LACMC), 40; and women’s movement, 28; and Zero Population Growth, Inc. (ZPG), 18–19, 27, 152n14 birthrates: of African Americans, 3, 112; and baby boom (1948–1958), 149n37; in California, 56, 139n117; and demographic transition theory, 65; in developing countries, 27; of Jews, 51; in Latin America, 74, 80, 82; of Mexican-origin women, 3, 10–11, 51–52, 56, 60–61, 89, 90, 112, 125; of Mexico, 24, 74, 80–81; of poor and minority women, 27–28, 30–31; and social characteristics hypothesis, 66–67; and teenage pregnancy, 3, 76; in underdeveloped nations, 78, 87, 88; U.S. decline in, 27, 73, 78, 87, 149n37, 153n45; of whites, 11, 27, 51, 112, 149n37. See also birth control; fertility; population birthright citizenship, 53, 89, 114–117, 125–126, 161n23 Black Feminist Thought (Collins), 9 blacks. See African Americans Bogardus, Emory S., 58, 67, 148n15 Bogue, Donald J., 51–52, 146n90 Bond, Julian, 28 Bouvier, Leon, 109, 154n64 Bowers, Richard, 18, 83 Bracero program, 22, 135n53 Bradshaw, Benjamin S., 60, 62–64, 69 Brookings Institution, 72 Brown, Edmund G., 30–31 Brown, Jerry, 96 Browning, Harley L., 149n32 Buxton, C. Lee, 20–21, 135n46 Cahill, William, 163n47 Calavita, 160n15 California: abortion law in, 139n117; birthrate in, 56, 139n117; births to undocumented immigrants in, 115–116; budget problems of, 112–113, 116, 119, 159n9, 160n14; cost of medical care and social services for undocumented immigrants in, 115, 116; crime in, 25, 137n74; FAIR in, 92; family planning services in, 19, 30, 31, 33, 134n39; fertility rates in, by race, 112–113; health care for undocumented immigrants in, 25, 90; history of, 10; legislative bills denying services to undocumented T4292.indb 186 T4292.indb 186 7/27/07 7:23:11 AM 7/27/07 7:23:11 AM index 187 immigrants in, 160n16, 160–161n23; overpopulation...