Sterilization of Native American women
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sterilization-of-native-american-women-173-525485
title:
Sterilization of Native American women
text:
In the 1960s and 1970s, the Indian Health Service (IHS) and collaborating physicians sustained a practice of performing sterilizations on Native American women, in many cases without the free and informed consent of their patients. In some cases, women were misled into believing that the sterilization procedure was reversible. In other cases, sterilization was performed without the adequate understanding and consent of the patient, including cases in which the procedure was performed on minors a
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wiki
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encyclopedia
description:
Controversial medical practice in USA
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sterilization_of_Native_American_women
date created:
2014-09-01T06:53:04Z
date modified:
2024-09-01T23:58:00Z
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13
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