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Friendly reminder that the United States has a long history of forced sterilization on women of color.
"Latino men were 23 percent more likely to be sterilized than non-Latino men. The difference was even greater among women, with Latinas sterilized at 59 percent higher rates than non-Latinas." https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/california-targeted-latinas-forced-sterilization-180968567/
Los Angeles County U.S.C. Medical Center was systematically sterilizing Spanish-speaking mothers who delivered their babies via cesarean section. https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.nytimes.com/2016/02/01/magazine/when-doctors-took-family-planning-into-their-own-hands.amp.html
"federally-funded sterilization programs took place in 32 states throughout the 20th century" https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/amp/
The articles linked above aren't the only examples of this happening. I've just been super busy chasing around a tiny human, so I have not been able to link other articles.
