Survivors Circle for Reproductive Justice co-chair says registry will bring together survivors and help support their healing and reconciliation
Senator Yvonne Boyer, a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, said coerced sterilization is not only a historic problem in Canada but a current concern. Boyer arrives for a news conference on July 14, 2022 in Ottawa.A non-profit group is compiling a new registry to produce data on the prevalence of forced and coerced sterilizations involving Indigenous patients in Canada to bolster awareness of the practice and research ways of preventing it.
“Canada has a long history of using forced and coerced sterilization against Indigenous women,” she said. Ms. Boyer, a member of the Métis Nation of Ontario, said coerced sterilization is not only a historic problem in Canada but a current concern.
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