I'm still livid about this...treating Latinas as if there were just animals to be sterilized.

This reminds me so much of Madrigal v. Quilligan, a case from the late 70s where Latinas who has been forcibly sterilized filed a class action suit against LA County Hospital. 1/x https://twitter.com/brooklynmarie/status/1305553553625243648

In that case, a whistleblower much like today came forward with evidence that Latinas were being tricked, coerced, and forced into sterilization. Much like today's case, in Madrigal the women often had little to no grasp of English, leaving them vulnerable to coercion 2/x

and tricks and lies told to them by doctors and nurses.

Today's story, just as the Madrigal case, should alarm anyone who studies race, poverty, immigration, and reproductive justice, or just anyone who has a shred of a soul.

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This just seems to be yet another chapter in horrific measures meant to control supposed Latina hyperfertility. This focus exists now with determining which immigrants will become a "public charge." I remember it growing up in Long Beach listening to discussions re: Prop 187. 4/x

This was happening in LA in the 60s and 70s as evidenced in Madrigal. This was happening in Puerto Rico for *decades.* Here's an extensive bibliography on sterilization in Puerto Rico. 5/x
https://www.library.wisc.edu/gwslibrarian/bibliographies/sterilization/