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Quinacrine Sterilization in India: Women’s Health and Medical Ethics Still at Risk

By Rajashri Dasgupta

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Women's groups in India are only too aware that the "real battles" are fought outside the court room. In 1998, when the Supreme Court of India banned quinacrine sterilization (QS) because its long-term effects on women are unknown and are potentially harmful, activists knew they had to continue the struggle outside the courts. Their fears proved true when a group of medical practitioners violated the ban on the use of the drug for female sterilization.

Rajashri Dasgupta is a journalist with a special interest in issues relating to gender, health, development and politics. She is active in the women’s and peace movements.