Listen to hosts Samantha Spiers and Wildcard Cameron discuss the ICE whistleblower who filed a complaint that immigrant women are receiving hysterectomies at an alarming rate in a Georgia detention center. Discussion includes an overview of the complaint and a history of forced sterilization in the U.S. Content warning for mention of abuse and forced surgeries.

Post production by Scott Stronach. 

Sources:  

https://amp-cnn-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/amp.cnn.com/cnn/2020/09/15/politics/immigration-customs-enforcement-medical-care-detainees/index.html?usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D&_js_v=0.1#aoh=16001849134203&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2020%2F09%2F15%2Fpolitics%2Fimmigration-customs-enforcement-medical-care-detainees%2Findex.html 

https://www-bbc-com.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.bbc.com/news/amp/world-us-canada-54160638?usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D&_js_v=0.1#aoh=16001849134203&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bbc.com%2Fnews%2Fworld-us-canada-54160638 

https://projectsouth.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/OIG-ICDC-Complaint-1.pdf 

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-latin-america-54265571 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913398383/whistleblower-alleges-medical-neglect-questionable-hysterectomies-of-ice-detaine 

https://www.npr.org/2020/09/16/913698689/ice-almost-deported-immigrant-woman-who-says-she-got-unwanted-surgery-while-deta 

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vice.com/amp/en_us/article/9keaev/indigenous-women-in-canada-are-still-being-sterilized-without-their-consent 

https://ijrcenter.org/forced-sterilization-of-indigenous-women-in-canada/ 

https://www-pbs-org.cdn.ampproject.org/v/s/www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/amp/?amp_js_v=a2&_gsa=1&usqp=mq331AQFKAGwASA%3D#aoh=16009540798417&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com&_tf=From%20%251%24s&share=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.pbs.org%2Findependentlens%2Fblog%2Funwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states%2F 

https://www.npr.org/sections/health-shots/2016/03/07/469478098/the-supreme-court-ruling-that-led-to-70-000-forced-sterilizations 

https://www.ourbodiesourselves.org/book-excerpts/health-article/forced-sterilization/ 

https://www.cnn.com/2020/09/16/us/ice-hysterectomy-forced-sterilization-history/index.html 

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