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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Savannah Peters

New Mexico launches investigation of forced sterilization of Native American women

Native American Women Sterilization - (ASSOCIATED PRESS)

In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent, depriving them of the opportunity to start or grow families.

Decades later, the state of New Mexico is set to investigate that troubling history and its lasting harm.

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