Perspective
Jul. 4, 2014
California prisoners denied the right to motherhood
The harsh reality is that sterilizations have been taking place in our women's prisons for many years in different forms. By Misty Rojo
During my imprisonment at Central California Women's Facility in Chowchilla, I saw many people be arbitrarily denied the basic human right to adequate health care and watched countless people be denied the right to motherhood based on perceptions of being less than worthy of having children. Senate Bill 1135, the Defense Against Sterilization bill, while hard-won to get authored and still working its way through the state Legislature, is only a ...
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