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Is there evidence for that forced sterilisation claim? I found this Guardian story but it only details an allegation, which hardly cuts it for such a serious cr
by dash2 6y ago
Is there evidence for that forced sterilisation claim? I found this Guardian story but it only details an allegation, which hardly cuts it for such a serious crime: https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/17/ice-hysterectomy-allegations-us-eugenics-history https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/sep/17/ice-hy...
I must admit it sounds like the stuff of paranoid fantasy.
Update: this from Channel 4 seems reasonably calm and balance. I had to hunt through a lot of clickbaity headlines to find it: https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-were-mass-hysterectomies-performed-on-detainees-at-a-us-immigration-centre https://www.channel4.com/news/factcheck/factcheck-were-mass-...
- krageon 6y ago> I must admit it sounds like the stuff of paranoid fantasy. For a country with a documented history of disrespect for bodily autonomy it seems entirely in line with expected behaviour to me.
- lawnchair_larry 6y agoDoesn’t sound like any country I know. Sounds like a silly AOC talking point.
- boogies 6y agoSounds like China to me https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Compulsory_sterilizations_and_contraception https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uyghur_genocide#Compulsory_ste...
- nagaiaida 6y agoDoes it not? >Over the six-year period that had followed the passage of the Family Planning Services and Population Research Act of 1970, physicians sterilized perhaps 25% of Native American women of childbearing age, and there is evidence suggesting that the numbers were actually even higher. https://time.com/5737080/native-american-sterilization-history/ https://time.com/5737080/native-american-sterilization-histo...