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CBC
20-05-2025
- Health
- CBC
A pregnancy almost denied
Inuit, Métis and First Nations women in Canada are coming forward like never before, sharing their experiences of being forced or coerced to undergo surgical sterilization. Advocates say the practice is still happening and they want it criminalized. Katy Bear is among those fighting for reproductive justice by taking back her body.
CBC
19-05-2025
- CBC
A First Nations mother's fight against forced sterilization
After the birth of her fourth child, Katy Bear says she was coerced into being sterilized with a tubal ligation — she was 21. After years of fighting to regain control of her body, Bear has also become an advocate for other Indigenous people who were forcibly sterilized, as she embarks on a journey to have her fifth child.
