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Compulsory sterilization in Canada is an ongoing practice that has a documented history in the provinces of Alberta, Saskatchewan, and British Columbia.
Sixty Indigenous women in Saskatchewan sued the provincial government, claiming they had been forced to accept sterilization before seeing their newborn babies.[1] In June 2021, the Standing Committee on Human Rights in Canada found that compulsory sterilization is ongoing in Canada and its extent has been underestimated.[2] A bill was introduced to Parliament in 2024 to end the practice.[3]
Canadian compulsory sterilization operated via institutionalization, judgement, and surgery, similar to other nations at the time.
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