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@gutenberg_org@mastodon.social - Reproductive Rights Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States https://www.pbs.org/independentlens/blog/unwanted-sterilization-and-eugenics-programs-in-the-united-states/ January 29, 2016 by Lisa Ko in Beyond the Films Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations – ipeople of color, poor people, unmarried mothers federally-funded sterilization programs.