it wasn’t merely “unwanted gynecological procedures,” and given the actual crimes committed in that facility, this article represents an unacceptably euphemized version of events. ctrl+f forced sterilization.
In 2020, forced sterilizations at a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center in Ocilla, Georgia amassed national attention. [163] Over 50 people detained at the ICE facility, all lower-income immigrant women with minimal understanding of the English language, stated they were pushed to undergo or did undergo medically unnecessary gynecological surgeries including hysterectomies. A Senate briefing on this subject emphasized the “uniform absence of truly informed consent” due in part to language barriers and in part to lack of information provided. [164]
america has a long history of eugenics, of which this is just one of the more recent examples we know about.
it wasn’t merely “unwanted gynecological procedures,” and given the actual crimes committed in that facility, this article represents an unacceptably euphemized version of events. ctrl+f forced sterilization.
america has a long history of eugenics, of which this is just one of the more recent examples we know about.