Compulsory sterilization: Quick Facts

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Facts

Also Known As	coerced sterilization • forced sterilization • involuntary sterilization

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Poster reading Stop forced sterilization and Alto a esterilizacion forzada, with black and white illustration of four people, including a child, raising fists.

Mother and daughter

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