Healthcare/Hospital Law
May 12, 2006
Five Honored for 70s Fight Against Sterilization Without Consent
LOS ANGELES - Women can't be sterilized when they check into a hospital to give birth. This is an obvious statement now, but it used to be a common problem at big teaching hospitals around the country, including Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.




Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - Women can't be sterilized when they check into a hospital to give birth. This is an obvious statement now, but it used to be a common problem at big teaching hospitals around the country, including Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center.
Sterilization without informed medical consent was in the spotlight in ...
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