Melinda C. Hall, PhD

Philosophy Department, Stetson University

eugenic sterilization

Done, according to the doctors in charge, as a way to reduce the cost of welfare to taxpayers. Shameful.

UPDATE: Find IJFAB’s post on the situation here.

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courtesy of Miroslava Chavez-Garcia and from The Modesto Bee:

Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval

Published: July 7, 2013 Updated 8 hours ago

By Corey G. Johnson — The Center for Investigative Reporting

Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found. Read more:

http://www.modbee.com/2013/07/07/2796548/female-inmates-sterilized-in-california.html

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