In August 1964, the North Carolina Eugenics Board met to decide if a 20-year-old Black woman should be sterilized. Because her name was redacted from the records, we call her Bertha. She was a single ...

Rigid containers are reusable and come in various sizes and materials, many of which have a filter mechanism to allow sterilizing agents to enter and exit the container; sterilization wraps are a ...

Female sterilization is a widespread means of permanent contraception for women. There are different methods to achieve this, but the woman should always receive careful counseling to ensure she ...

From washing tiny baby clothes to scheduling your day around naptime, new babies bring a whole host of new chores and routines. If your baby drinks from a bottle, one of those chores will inevitably ...

New research indicates the uptick in requests for sterilization following the Dobbs decision on abortion was not a temporary trend. Nationally, numbers of tubal ligations and vasectomies are up. After ...

Marie Sanchez, chief tribal judge on the Northern Cheyenne Reservation, arrived in Geneva in 1977 with a clear message to deliver to the United Nations Convention on Indigenous Rights. American Indian ...

On the morning of May 3, Abby C. burst into tears when she learned that a leaked draft opinion signaled the U.S. Supreme Court would likely overturn Roe vs. Wade. Before getting out of bed, the ...

Stacy Cordova Diaz with a photo of her aunt, Mary Franco, who was a victim of California’s forced sterilization program. Franco has since died, but Cordova has been advocating for reparations on her ...