Sarah Weiser

Sarah Weiser is a photographer and reporter based in New York. She works at Retro Report, a documentary video news organization. Previously, Sarah photographed for the Everett Herald in Washington, the Peoria Journal Star in Illinois, and the Provo Daily Herald in Utah. Her work has been recognized by the National Press Photographers Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. She also received a grant from the Pulitzer Center on Crisis Reporting for her Retro Report project on India’s family planning program.

A few days after her sterilization operation, Sonia Devi, 35, recuperates at home with her newborn daughter, Lovely, her fourth child, in the Begusarai District in Bihar. After she gave birth, Sonia says an asha, an accredited social health activist, told her about the option of using sterilization to limit her family size. Sonia didn't appear to be aware of other methods of birth control. (Photo by Sarah Weiser/GroundTruth)

Health

In India, sterilization is sometimes the only birth control available

Concerns about the world’s rapidly growing population led to far-reaching calls for control measures in the 1960s. In...

Jul 13, 2016