The Forced Sterilizations of Black, Indigenous, & Women of Color in the United States.

Reproductive violence is one of the most prominent types of violence against women of color around the world, as it appears in the forms of Black maternal mortality, sexual abuse and coercion, contraceptive sabotage, and nonconsensual procedures such as hysterectomies and tubal ligations. This 21-page paper focuses on the historical and contemporary research that exists with regard to the forced sterilizations of Black, Indigenous, and women of color (BIWOC). Access here.