In the wake of allegations of forced sterilizations at ICE detention centers, here's how you can offer support

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In an explosive complaint filed on September 14, an ICE whistleblower alleged that unwanted hysterectomies, a surgical operation that removes the uterus, were performed on immigrant women in ICE custody at a Georgia facility without their consent. The complaint is currently awaiting a full investigation by the Department of Homeland Security. 

The whistleblower, Dawn Wooten, a nurse formerly employed at the Irwin County Detention Center (ICDC) in Georgia, maintained that while some women experienced medical conditions requiring hysterectomies, "everybody's uterus cannot be that bad." 

The reported high rates of performed hysterectomies (including allegations from Wooten that "just about everybody" who sees a particular gynecologist gets a hysterectomy) were coupled with allegations that many detained women were not given "proper and informed consent" about the procedures they received. The New York Times was unable to verify that women at the facility had their uteruses removed without their consent.  Read more...

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