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Depo-Provera is used on Indigenous women with disabilities without U.S. Food and Drug Administration approval.

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The Story of Disability Justice
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Phoenix and Oklahoma City Indian Health Services use Depo-Provera on Indigenous women with disabilities to stop their periods and prevent them from getting pregnant. At this time, the long-lasting contraceptive injection has not yet been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

Black, Indigenous, and Women of Color reproductive health organizers and the women's health movement question the use of Depo as a long-term contraceptive that is essentially a form of sterilization, calling attention to its side effects of lessening libido, causing hair loss, and depression.