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Tracey Lindeman in Ottawa

Quebec judge gives go-ahead for lawsuit over sterilisation of Indigenous women

Quebec superior court in Montreal
Quebec superior court in Montreal. Three doctors, a community health agency and a hospital are targeted in the lawsuit. Photograph: Canadian Press/Shutterstock

A judge in Quebec has given the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit over the forced sterilisation of Indigenous women in the Canadian province.

Two Atikamekw women known publicly by only their initials, UT and MX, brought the lawsuit against three doctors they accuse of performing or coercing women into sterilisation procedures in a small, remote town in northern Quebec.

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