well said, Dicho.

Joe, thank you for your response. No, I do not think MT should have been banned from India, but I also do not believe that birth control is not a part of the indigenous culture. Midwives and wisewomen have traditionally had knowledge and, usually, access to herbal abortifacients and preventatives. I believe they have been restricted to those simply due to lack of education and power over self. In countries where women are taught about modern-birth control methods and where they have ready access, they become empowered over much more of their lives and very interested in a respite from the rigours and poverty of constant chidbearing.

kat