Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Atikamekw women who say they were sterilized against their will.
Justice Lukasz Granosik green-lit the lawsuit on behalf of"all women of Atikamekw origin who have undergone surgery that has impaired their fertility without having given their free and informed consent … since 1980."
Identified only as CISSS A, the health authority is accused of having allowed,"by its actions or its negligence, that wrongful or criminal acts be perpetrated with complete impunity by doctors." The plaintiffs are claiming unspecified damages for women who allegedly underwent the procedures, as well as their partners, children and grandchildren, and heirs.
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