Sterilization and eugenics have a prominent history in the United States. Through the 1900s, several states petitioned and advocated for the sterilization of “undesirable” populations fueled by discriminatory stereotypes aimed primarily at Latinas. As a result, thousands of Latinas were sterilized across America as a form of eugenics without consent. It has had a lasting… Continue reading Latinas and Eugenic Sterilization
