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Sterilization of Latinas
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Sterilization of Latinas has been practiced in the United States on women of different Latin American identities, including those from Puerto Rico[1] and Mexico.[2] There is a significant history of such sterilization practices being conducted involuntarily,[3] in a coerced or forced manner,[4] as well as in more subtle forms such as that of constrained choice.[5] Forced sterilization was permissible by multiple states throughout various periods in the 20th century. Issues of state sterilization have persisted as recently as September 2020.[6] Some sources credit the practice to theories of racial eugenics.[3]
- ^ Briggs L (January 2003). "Chapter 5: The Politics of Sterilization, 1937–1974.". Reproducing Empire. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. pp. 142–161. doi:10.1525/9780520936317-007. ISBN 978-0-520-23258-7. S2CID 226792084.
- ^ Gutirrez E (2015). "The Fertility of Women of Mexican Origin: A Social Constructionist Approach". In Joffe C (ed.). Reproduction and Society. New York: Routledge. pp. 32–42. ISBN 978-0-415-73103-4.
- ^ a b Novak NL, Lira N, O'Connor KE, Harlow SD, Kardia SL, Stern AM (May 2018). "Disproportionate Sterilization of Latinos Under California's Eugenic Sterilization Program, 1920-1945". American Journal of Public Health. 108 (5): 611–613. doi:10.2105/ajph.2018.304369. PMC 5888070. PMID 29565671.
- ^ Committee for Abortion Rights and Against Sterilization Abuse (CARASA) (1979). Women Under Attack: Abortion, Sterilization Abuse, and Reproductive Freedom. New York: CARASA. p. 70.
- ^ Lopez I (2008). Matters of Choice: Puerto Rican Women's Struggle for Reproductive Freedom. Rutgers, NJ: Rutgers University Press. p. 208. ISBN 978-0-8135-4373-4.
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