▁lift ▁them ▁out ▁of ▁pover ty . ▁While ▁this ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁true ▁or ▁partially ▁true ▁for ▁some ▁white ▁women ▁who ▁were ▁free ▁of ▁rac ist ▁or ▁class ist ▁disc rim ination , ▁Black ▁women ▁had ▁many ▁more ▁bar riers ▁that ▁were ▁blocking ▁their ▁way ▁to ▁liber ation , ▁by ▁nature ▁of ▁being ▁Black ▁in ▁such ▁a ▁ra cially ▁une qual ▁society . ▁ ▁There ▁is ▁also ▁a ▁history ▁of ▁co er ci ve ▁promotion ▁of ▁birth ▁control ▁among ▁women ▁of ▁color ▁in ▁the ▁United ▁States . ▁Before ▁their ▁appro val ▁by ▁the ▁F DA , ▁birth ▁control ▁p ills ▁were ▁tested ▁on ▁Puerto ▁R ican ▁women ▁who ▁were ▁not ▁told ▁they ▁were ▁particip ating ▁in ▁a ▁clin ical ▁trial ▁of ▁little - test ed ▁medic ation , ▁nor ▁were ▁they ▁told ▁about ▁side ▁effects ▁that ▁were ▁occurr ing ▁among ▁their ▁pe ers ▁in ▁the ▁trial . ▁Some ▁women ▁were ▁not ▁even ▁told ▁that ▁the ▁p ills ▁were ▁meant ▁to ▁prevent ▁pre gn ancy , ▁and ▁those ▁who ▁were ▁told ▁this ▁were ▁told ▁it ▁was ▁ 1 0 0 % ▁effective . ▁Women ▁in ▁the ▁tri als ▁were ▁given ▁dos es ▁ten ▁times ▁higher ▁than ▁what ▁is ▁actually ▁needed ▁to ▁prevent ▁pre gn ancy . ▁Although ▁a ▁few ▁trial ▁participants ▁died , ▁they ▁were ▁not ▁aut ops ied ▁to ▁discover ▁if ▁the ▁drug ▁was ▁related ▁to ▁their ▁death s . ▁More ▁recently , ▁women ▁of ▁color , ▁women ▁with ▁low ▁in comes , ▁women ▁in ▁conflict ▁with ▁the ▁law , ▁and ▁women ▁who