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The Canadian government says it is urgently trying to end the forced sterilization of Indigenous women, describing the practice as a human rights violation and a prosecutable offense. Yet police say they will not pursue a criminal investigation into a recent case in which a doctor apologized for his “unprofessional conduct” in sterilizing an Inuit woman.

In July, The Associated Press reported on the case of an Inuit woman in Yellowknife who had surgery in 2019 aimed at relieving her abdominal pain. The obstetrician-gynecologist, Dr. Andrew Kotaska, did not have the woman’s consent to sterilize her, and he did so over the objections of other medical personnel in the operating room. She is now suing him.

“This is a pivotal case for Canada because it shows that forced sterilization is still happening,” said Dr. Unjali Malhotra, of the First Nations Health Authority in British Columbia. “It’s time that it be treated as a crime.”

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[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago
[-] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

You objected to the use of MAiD on non-terminal patients.

Quoting you without the context is pointless.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

I object to the use of MAID on people who didn't ask for it.

[-] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works -1 points 1 year ago

No you didn't.

The use of MAiD has never been forced on anyone. There is a 7 step consent process.

[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

My brother read the fucking article.

[-] PM_ME_FEET_PICS@sh.itjust.works 0 points 1 year ago
[-] JokeDeity@lemm.ee 0 points 1 year ago

Quote me ever saying anything remotely far right.

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