Targets of compulsory sterilization include women, ethnic and Indigenous minorities, people with disabilities, and transgender and intersex persons. In Nazi Germany (1933β45), compulsory sterilization was mandated for men and women with any of nine mental and physical health conditions, including manic-depressive disorder (now known as bipolar disorder), deafness, and epilepsy. Specific groups that have been targeted since then include the Roma in Europe and the Uyghurs in China.
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