In this episode Jess covers sterilization of the Latinx community in the United States. Starting with the most recent allegation in a Georgia detention center, but including the history of this issue in California and Puerto Rico. 

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Documentary Referenced: https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/no-mas-bebes/

Reference Links:

• https://www.fox5atlanta.com/news/lawmakers-describe-horror-show-after-georgia-detention-center-tour
• https://www.newyorker.com/news/daily-comment/the-private-georgia-immigration-detention-facility-at-the-center-of-a-whistle-blowers-complaint
• https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/23/georgia-ice-detention-center-women-allege-abuse
• https://www.latimes.com/politics/story/2020-10-22/women-allege-medical-abuse-georgia-immigration-detention
• https://journalistsresource.org/studies/society/race-society/eugenic-sterilization-california-latina/#:~:text=California's%20eugenic%20sterilization%20program%20disproportionately,ethnic%20backgrounds%2C%20new%20research%20finds.&text=In%202014%2C%20North%20Carolina%20began,of%20the%20state's%20eugenics%20program.
• https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/california-targeted-latinas-forced-sterilization-180968567/
• https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/forced-sterilization/
• https://www.panoramas.pitt.edu/health-and-society/dark-history-forced-sterilization-latina-women
• https://www.cwluherstory.org/health/35-of-puerto-rican-women-sterilized

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