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Forced sterilizations for people with disabilities decried by members of Congress
South Dakota Searchlight via Yahoo News· 2 weeks agoWASHINGTON — Three members of Congress introduced a resolution Thursday that’s intended to bring...
Compensation for forced sterilizations in California ends soon. Here's how to apply
LA Times via Yahoo News· 10 months agoSurvivors of nonconsensual sterilization can apply for California government compensation by the end...
Canadian police won't investigate doctor for sterilizing Indigenous woman
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThe Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous...
A UW-Madison building’s namesake supported eugenics. Campus reckons with legacy of Charles Van Hise
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA history lesson may soon be attached to one of the tallest buildings in Madison. The University of...
What is voluntary sterilization? A health communication expert unpacks how a legacy of forced...
The Conversation via Yahoo News· 1 year agoConversations between patients and their doctors about permanent birth control procedures can at...
Bill to make forced and coerced sterilization a criminal offence before Senate committee
CBC via Yahoo News· 3 months agoA Senate committee studying a bill to establish a criminal offence with respect to sterilization...
Japan Publishes Report Detailing 25,000 Forced Sterilizations On Citizens, Including 9-Year-Olds
HuffPost via Yahoo News· 12 months agoThe nation's Eugenic Protection Law, which allowed the government to sterilize anyone with certain...
Campaigners seek EU-wide ban on forced sterilisation of people with disabilities
Reuters via Yahoo News· 2 months agoSpanish disability rights activist Cristina Paredero grew up feeling different and was diagnosed with a form of autism aged 18. Paredero, who is now 31 and angry with her parents over what happened ...
How this reporter uncovered Delaware's forgotten history of forced sterilizations
Delaware Online | The News Journal via Yahoo News· 8 months agoIn late September 2021, I received an email about a woman named Ethel Benson. Ethel, her...
These indigenous women were forcibly sterilised in Peru – decades later they still seek justice
The Telegraph via Yahoo News· 3 weeks agoFlorentina Loyza Cardenas, age 43, who was forcibly sterilised aged 19 - Harriet Barber Florentina...