Criminal
Jan. 9, 2007
Prison Proposal Is Disturbingly Akin to Eugenics
FORUM COLUMN - By Robin Levi and Vanessa Huang - A state commission's consideration of elective sterilization for women prisoners is dangerous, two public-interest lawyers argue.
By Robin Levi and Vanessa Huang
Given California's shameful history with the forced sterilizations of thousands of people during the 20th century, you would think that bureaucrats would think twice before suggesting that the sterilization of an imprisoned woman could ever be freely chosen. And you would be wrong.
"Doing what is medically ne...
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