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-Land of the Free
Female inmates sterilized in California prisons
2013-07-09
Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, The Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years -- and there are perhaps 100 more dating back to the late 1990s, according to state documents and interviews.

From 1997 to 2010, the state paid doctors $147,460 to perform the procedure, according to a database of contracted medical services for state prisoners.

The women were signed up for the surgery while they were pregnant and housed at either the California Institution for Women in Corona or Valley State Prison for Women in Chowchilla, which is now a men's prison.

Former inmates and prisoner advocates maintain that prison medical staff coerced the women, targeting those deemed likely to return to prison in the future.
Those involved should be hanged with extreme prejudice.
Posted by:Besoeker

#18  St. Joe Hospital, Organ Harvest Division: Hey you SOB's, I ain't dead YET !!!!!
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-09 17:01  

#17  I know that the governator probably didn't' have much to do with it, and is a sorry excuse for a republican, but I also suspect that isn't how things are going to be reported.

Maybe this will spare us further bloviating from the global-warming alarmist driving around in his hummv.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-07-09 16:35  

#16  This is just like the IRS scandal. A bunch of lawless bureaucrats know what's best and do it.
Posted by: Nimble Spemble   2013-07-09 15:21  

#15  Since this was done without state approval I don't think who was governor matters, unless that is why they did it secretly.

It is scary to think there is even government approval/disapproval of this sort of thing or that doctors would knowingly go along with it. The world is darker than I had hoped.
Posted by: rjschwarz   2013-07-09 14:44  

#14  More than a RINO Schwarzy is a democrat running fir the Republicans. Actually it was the only kind of "Republican" electable in California; Also I doubt Schwarzy had a free hand with the megislature or that he could nominate whoever he wanted to head the Department of Corrections.
Posted by: JFM   2013-07-09 14:23  

#13  
Rethuglican governor during this time period, Rob.


Overruled -- member (by marriage, but still) of the Kennedy family.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-07-09 12:40  

#12  "Ah, the confusion of classical liberalism with modern neo-socialism."

Ahem. Classical liberalism is the time honored term for belief in the liberty of individuals and a severely limited role for government.

Posted by: Classical_Liberal   2013-07-09 11:58  

#11  Actually, he spoke Austrian. Obumble told me so.
Posted by: Spot   2013-07-09 10:54  

#10  Rethuglican governor during this time period, Rob. He even had a German accent.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain   2013-07-09 10:38  

#9  Remember it's the right wing bible thumpers who want to control a woman's body. /sarc off
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-07-09 10:21  

#8  Notice that the major problem seems to be that the sterilizations were done without state approvals. In other words, if the state had approved, it would have been ok.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia   2013-07-09 09:58  

#7  
Excuse-me but isn't California a liberal state?


No, it's a "progressive" state. The most famous "progressive" was a guy named Hilter or something.
Posted by: Rob Crawford   2013-07-09 09:19  

#6  Eugenics is very popular with the Lefty set. After all, lesser peoples shouldn't be allowed to breed. Only their finest slaves will be allowed to have more slaves for their utopia.
Posted by: Silentbrick - Schlumberger Squishy Mud Division   2013-07-09 08:53  

#5  Excuse-me but isn't California a liberal state?

Ah, the confusion of classical liberalism with modern neo-socialism. The policies of Margaret Sanger are alive and being implemented. Her concepts were a big hit with other socialists. While American acts of use were somewhat selective and limited, the European implementation was run with full scale enthusiasm. The bureaucrats goals though were basically the same.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2013-07-09 08:17  

#4  The states (all 50 of them) have a century-old tradition of sterilizing people considered by the states to be inferior or defective. This is nothing new.
Posted by: Steve White   2013-07-09 07:23  

#3  Sounds like an example of ObamaCare. Doing things for the convenience of staff, not the needs of patients is what you'll get when you remove customer choice.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2013-07-09 06:55  

#2  Oceania is already overpopulated. A successfully green planet requires a degree of population control. The procedure comes at no cost to the resident. Funding and permits are available for tubal ligation reversals. Same-sex couples are free to opt out and accept cash settlements.
Posted by: Besoeker   2013-07-09 02:32  

#1  Excuse-me but isn't California a liberal state?
Posted by: JFM   2013-07-09 02:17  

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