In the news on CTV, it was stated that in each of the provincial courts of British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Quebec, there are 5 lawsuits filed against thousands of indigenous women alleging that they were forcibly sterilized.
WHEN THEY GO TO THE HOSPITAL FOR BIRTH, THEY WERE NEUTRALIZED DURING THE OPERATION
With the information obtained by Creeson Agecoutay, one of the news crew, who is also a First Nation native, it turned out that the local women who went to the hospital for delivery were sterilized during the operation.
It was noted that pregnant women signed a consent form, especially in cases requiring cesarean section.
In the news shared, the information that the staff added a clause about “tubular ligation” to the form in question minutes before the operation and sometimes even when they were going to the operating room, “This is for people who are in labor pains and panic about their baby’s health to consent to a life-changing procedure when they are most vulnerable. something done”.
“AS LIKE THEY WERE THERE TO HELP ME”
“These doctors seemed to be there to help me,” said Melika Popp, a native of Saskatchewan, who was quoted in the news. said.
THE HISTORY OF FORCED STERILIZATION IS VERY OLD
The history of the issue, which comes to the fore with the forced sterilization of indigenous women today, goes back to 1928 in Canada.
Forced sterilization has a long and often hidden history in Canada, according to information in The Canadian Encyclopedia.
In the province of Alberta, a law passed in 1928 that remained in effect until 1972 “restricted the reproduction of ineligible persons”.
Within the scope of the decision made by the Canadian Eugenics Board especially for “dangerous” prisoners in prison, some male prisoners were also sterilized during the implementation period.
The same law, enacted in the province of British Columbia in 1933 and repealed in 1973, increasingly targeted indigenous women. (AA)