Posts by Jeanette DeDios, KUNM News
Forced sterilization of Indigenous women would be investigated under proposed legislation
by Jeanette DeDios, KUNM News This story was originally published at KUNM, a NMPBS partner. For decades starting in 1907 Indigenous women and women of color across the country, including New Mexico, were forced or coerced into sterilizations without their informed consent. On Thursday, a coalition of Indigenous women’s reproductive rights advocates called on state…
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