Over the course of more than a century, thousands of people in California have been forcibly, coercively, or involuntarily sterilized. A bill seeking reparations for survivors is moving forward.

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks during a press conference on reproductive rights for people with disabilities outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Jennifer ...

“In doing so they echo many of the same harmful narratives that fueled forced sterilizations … that disabled people can’t or shouldn’t make decisions about their bodies and parenting,” Anafi added.

Controversy over alleged unethical sterilizations performed at a Catholic hospital continues in the Diocese of Tyler as Trinity Mother Francis Hospital and the local bishop dispute whether the ...

Credit: Pixabay Subscribe for ads-free reading Victims of Japan’s now-defunct forced sterilization law face an uphill battle in collecting compensation, with the government appealing court ...

Massachusetts Democratic Rep. Ayanna Pressley speaks during a press conference on reproductive rights for people with disabilities outside the U.S. Capitol on Thursday, May 23, 2024. (Photo by ...

WASHINGTON – Three members of Congress introduced a resolution Thursday that’s intended to bring attention to the experiences and challenges people with disabilities face when it comes to ...

US News California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations By Associated Press Published July 8, 2021, 1:00 a.m. ET ...

Background California banned forced sterilizations in 1979. Since 1994, California has required that voluntary inmate sterilizations be approved by state medical officials on a case-by-case basis.

Sterilizations in California prisons appear to date to 1999, when the state changed its policy for unknown reasons to include a sterilization procedure known as “tubal ligation” as part of ...

Tubal sterilizations increased by 70% and vasectomies rose by 95% among young adults during the initial months after the release of the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v. Wade, according to an ...