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Disabled People Can Still Be Forcibly Sterilized in Over Half of the US
As recently as 2019, states passed laws explicitly allowing the forced sterilization of disabled people, the National Women's Law Center found.
As recently as 2019, states passed laws explicitly allowing the forced sterilization of disabled people, the National Women's Law Center found.