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J. Marion Sims, a doctor, viewed as ‘the father of gynecology’, performed experimental gynecological surgery on enslaved Black women without anesthesia or consent.
In 1927, the U.S. The Supreme Court decision in Buck vs. Bell, upheld a state’s right to forcibly sterilize people whom the state deemed “unfit to procreate.”
The first large-scale trial of birth control pills began in Puerto Rico with participants recruited from a public housing apartment complex without the informed consent of many participants.
In 1973, the Relf sisters, ages 12 and 14 were sterilized without their consent or informed consent from their parents who thought they were receiving temporary contraception. During the trial against the U.S. Department of Health Education and Welfare, it was found that 100,000-150,000 people of low-income were being sterilized each year under federally funded programs.
In 1976, the Hyde Amendment prohibited federal medicaid from paying for abortions with few exceptions. This has restricted access to abortion and the right to choose for many people who are low-income, disproportionately people of color.
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1840s
J. Marion Sims, a doctor, viewed as ‘the father of gynecology’, performed experimental gynecological surgery on enslaved Black women without anesthesia or consent.
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1910s
Starting in 1909, through the 1970s, more than 20,000 people living in California facilities for the mentally ill and disabled were forcibly sterilized.
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1920s
In 1927, the U.S. The Supreme Court decision in Buck vs. Bell, upheld a state’s right to forcibly sterilize people whom the state deemed “unfit to procreate.”
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1950s
The first large-scale trial of birth control pills began in Puerto Rico with participants recruited from a public housing apartment complex without the informed consent of many participants.
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