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While Doing Time in a California Prison, I Was Given a Hysterectomy Without My Consent

Moonlight Pulido believed she was having surgery to remove growths from her uterus. In a brutal bait-and-switch, she was sterilized.

Life Inside • 07.14.2023

Our Long, Troubling History of Sterilizing the Incarcerated

State-sanctioned efforts to keep the incarcerated from reproducing began in the early 20th century and continue today.

Commentary • 07.26.2017

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