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The Delivery Ward That Refused Labor Unless Women Took Sterilization
A Puerto Rican delivery ward refused admission unless women accepted sterilization - how did hospital policy normalize coercive sterilization?
The Delivery Ward That Refused Labor Unless Women Took Sterilization
In this episode, we present a documented account of hospital practice and public policy that shaped sterilization on Puerto Rico from the early 20th century through the 1970s. We trace how census data, colonial governance, and medical routines intersected to make sterilization a routine condition of care - and ask how that policy was implemented at the bedside.
Person: Harriet Presser…
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