Sterilization of Women of Color: Does “Unforced” Mean “Freely Chosen”?

Sterilization of Women of Color: Does “Unforced” Mean “Freely Chosen”? : Ms Magazine Blog:

"U.S. women of color have historically been the victims of forced sterilization. Some women were sterilized during Cesarean sections and never told; others were threatened with termination of welfare benefits or denial of medical care if they didn’t “consent” to the procedure; others received unnecessary hysterectomies at teaching hospitals as practice for medical residents. In the South it was such a widespread practice that it had a euphemism: a “Mississippi appendectomy.”"