Sterilization

When did I discover that sterilization isn’t as cut and dry as it seems? While sitting in a hospital gown, signing my life away, awaiting surgery.

Between 2006 and 2010, at least 150 female inmates were coerced into being sterilized without proper state approvals. The good news? A new bill—California's Prison Sterilization Prohibition bill—aims to close the necessary loopholes to protect inmates against future abuses...