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=== Israel ===
In the late 2000s, reports in the Israeli media claimed that injections of long-acting contraceptive [[Depo-Provera]] (the effects of which are temporary, lasting only 3 months)<ref>{{Cite web |last=Berger |first=Raymond M. |title=The Blogs: The Big Lie: Involuntary Sterilization of Black Ethiopian Women |url=https://blogs.timesofisrael.com/the-big-lie-involuntary-sterilization-of-black-ethiopian-women/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=blogs.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref> had been forced on hundreds of [[Ethiopian Jews in Israel|Ethiopian-Jewish immigrants]] both in transit camps in Ethiopia and after their arrival in Israel.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Greenwood|first=Phoebe|date=28 February 2013|title=Ethiopian women in Israel 'given contraceptive without consent'|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/feb/28/ethiopian-women-given-contraceptives-israel}}</ref> In 2009, feminist NGO [[Haifa Women's Coalition]] published a first survey on the story, which was followed up by [[Israeli Educational Television]] a few years later.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Nesher|first=Talila|date=27 January 2013|title=Israel Admits Ethiopian Women Were Given Birth Control Shots|work=Haaretz|url=https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/.premium-ethiopians-fooled-into-birth-control-1.5226424}}</ref> Ethiopian-Jewish women said they were intimidated or tricked into taking the shot every three months.{{Citation needed|date=April 2025}} In 2013, the [[Ministry of Health (Israel)|Israeli Health Ministry]] instructed [[Health maintenance organization|HMOs]] to stop automatically renewing Depo-Provera prescriptions for Ethiopian-Israelis if there was any chance that the patients did not fully understand the implications of the treatment.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Zeiger |first=Asher |title=Israel changes birth-control policy for Ethiopian immigrants |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/israel-changes-birth-control-policy-for-ethiopian-immigrants/ |access-date=2025-04-15 |website=www.timesofisrael.com |language=en-US}}</ref>