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DoomsdaysCW<p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedSterilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilization</span></a> is a worldwide problem!</p><p>As <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Japan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Japan</span></a> starts compensation payments, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a> continues around the world</p><p><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NonConsensual" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NonConsensual</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/sterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>sterilisation</span></a> of those considered genetically inferior persists in some parts of the world today </p><p>by Ewan Bolton, 18 February 2025 </p><p>"Just last week, in the Miyagi prefecture of Japan, the local governor met victims of an official eugenics policy to apologise for the suffering they underwent.</p><p>"'On behalf of the prefecture, I would like to offer my heartfelt apologies for the immense suffering caused to the 900 (victims),' said Murai Yoshihiro while lowering his head.</p><p>"For many, the words 'forced sterilisation' bring to mind <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/NaziGermany" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>NaziGermany</span></a> and the devastating <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/eugenic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>eugenic</span></a> policies pursued by <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> regimes in the 1930s and 1940s. But the non-consensual sterilisation of those considered genetically inferior continued through the 20th century and persists in some parts of the world today. </p><p>"In January, victims of Japan’s forced sterilisation programme were finally able to apply for compensation for the first time. Between 1948 and 1996, at least 16,500 people were forcibly sterilised in Japan under the country’s <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/EugenicProtectionLaw" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EugenicProtectionLaw</span></a>. Nearly 60,000 more underwent <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/abortions" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>abortions</span></a> without, or with only dubious consent. Most were mentally handicapped people or those with hereditary diseases.</p><p>"As Japan finally addresses this legacy, victims of forced sterilisation in <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Peru" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Peru</span></a> are still fighting for compensation after 370,000 people were sterilised in what the UN has described as a potential crime against humanity. And in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UnitedStates" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UnitedStates</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/India" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>India</span></a>, <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/China" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>China</span></a> and parts of <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Europe" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Europe</span></a>, non-consensual sterilisations continue to this day. </p><p>"As with the Nazis, almost all cases can be traced back to the discredited <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/PseudoScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PseudoScience</span></a> of eugenics which was developed in the <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/UK" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>UK</span></a> at around the turn of the last century and had many supporters, including <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WinstonChurchill" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WinstonChurchill</span></a>. </p><p>"Japan’s Eugenic Protection Law was introduced in the wake of World War II. It granted medical institutions the right to administer sterilisations and abortions without the consent of patients. Of the 25,000 people sterilised under the programme, according to government figures only 8,000 gave consent. The legitimacy of the consent in these cases is disputed. </p><p>"A large number of the victims were children, some as young as nine years old. In Miyagi prefecture, in the northwest of the main island, more than half of the 859 sterilised between 1963 and 1981 were under the age of 18. </p><p>"At a press conference last month in Hyogo prefecture, a <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeafWoman" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeafWoman</span></a>, now in her 80s, described the emotional pain of being given an abortion without her consent. 'I was taken to the hospital, and I thought I would be going to the general medicine department. I was very surprised because I was taken to the gynaecology department … I am unable to forget what happened at that time'.</p><p>"In her prefecture alone, there are '14 or 15 other [<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DeafPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DeafPeople</span></a>] who suffered harm' that are known about, 'but there are undoubtedly more', said Yoshimichi Hongo, chairman of the Hyogo Prefecture Association for the Deaf."</p><p>Read more:<br><a href="https://www.telegraph.co.uk/global-health/women-and-girls/as-japan-starts-compensation-payments-forced-sterilisation/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">telegraph.co.uk/global-health/</span><span class="invisible">women-and-girls/as-japan-starts-compensation-payments-forced-sterilisation/</span></a><br><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/WorldPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>WorldPol</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/reproductiverights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>reproductiverights</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/BodilyAutomony" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BodilyAutomony</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/DisabledPeople" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>DisabledPeople</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/ReproductiveAutonomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveAutonomy</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Sterilization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sterilization</span></a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Genocide" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Genocide</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Campaigners seek EU-wide ban on forced sterilisation of people with disabilities<br> <a href="https://www.msn.com/en-gb/health/other/campaigners-seek-eu-wide-ban-on-forced-sterilisation-of-people-with-disabilities/ar-BB1lw3eL?ei=12" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">msn.com/en-gb/health/other/cam</span><span class="invisible">paigners-seek-eu-wide-ban-on-forced-sterilisation-of-people-with-disabilities/ar-BB1lw3eL?ei=12</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Ableism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Ableism</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/EU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EU</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Disabilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabilities</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Disabled" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Disabled</span></a></p>
European Disability Forum<p><a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a> has a horrible impact on women with disabilities.</p><p>To mark <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EndVAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndVAW</span></a> day, we collected stories that reaffirm our call: The EU must <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EndForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndForcedSterilisation</span></a>!</p><p>Read our briefing: "A silenced truth - stories of forced sterilisation in the EU": <a href="https://www.edf-feph.org/publications/a-silenced-truth-stories-of-forced-sterilisation-in-the-eu/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edf-feph.org/publications/a-si</span><span class="invisible">lenced-truth-stories-of-forced-sterilisation-in-the-eu/</span></a></p>
European Disability Forum<p>On <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EndVAW" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndVAW</span></a>, we are launching our briefing "A silenced truth: Stories of <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a> in the EU". This horrifying practice must end.</p><p>We call on the EU to <a href="https://eupolicy.social/tags/EndForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>EndForcedSterilisation</span></a>.</p><p>We call on the EU to end of violence against all women.</p><p>Read: <a href="https://www.edf-feph.org/a-silenced-truth-forced-sterilisation-must-be-criminalised/" rel="nofollow noopener" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">edf-feph.org/a-silenced-truth-</span><span class="invisible">forced-sterilisation-must-be-criminalised/</span></a></p>
AutisticMumTo3<p>Remembering the Roma Holocaust | Morning Star<br> <a href="https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/f/remembering-roma-holocaust" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">morningstaronline.co.uk/articl</span><span class="invisible">e/f/remembering-roma-holocaust</span></a></p><p><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Roma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Roma</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/GRT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GRT</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Holocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Holocaust</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/RomaHolocaust" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RomaHolocaust</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Nazis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Nazis</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/BrownTriangles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BrownTriangles</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Romani" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Romani</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Sinti" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Sinti</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Gypsies" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Gypsies</span></a> <br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/RomaHolocaustMemorialDay" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RomaHolocaustMemorialDay</span></a><br><a href="https://leftist.network/tags/Racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Racism</span></a></p>
Cheshire<p>Anger in Japan as report reveals children were forcibly sterilised<br><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2023/jun/22/anger-in-japan-as-report-reveals-children-were-forcibly-sterilised?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/world/2023/jun</span><span class="invisible">/22/anger-in-japan-as-report-reveals-children-were-forcibly-sterilised?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a></p>
Infrapink (he/his/him)<p>Wait, what‽</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/Eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/ReproductiveRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ReproductiveRights</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://www.euronews.com/2023/06/05/i-see-the-scar-and-i-want-to-die-why-the-eu-allows-sterilisation-of-women-with-disabilitie" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">euronews.com/2023/06/05/i-see-</span><span class="invisible">the-scar-and-i-want-to-die-why-the-eu-allows-sterilisation-of-women-with-disabilitie</span></a></p>
Fenneladon Privacyasaurus<p>After decades of human rights struggles, one more European eugenics law has at last been struck down,.</p><p>One less country is imposing barbaric forced sterilisation onto people seeking official recognition of their correct gender.</p><p>Well done to all those inside and outside Finland who maintained the pressure that made this happen, pressure that should never have been required in the first place: <a href="https://www.hrw.org/the-day-in-human-rights/2023/02/03?story=paragraph-5016" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">hrw.org/the-day-in-human-right</span><span class="invisible">s/2023/02/03?story=paragraph-5016</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/HumanRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>HumanRights</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/TransRights" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>TransRights</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Finland" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Finland</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/Eugenics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Eugenics</span></a> <a href="https://todon.eu/tags/ForcedSterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ForcedSterilisation</span></a></p>
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Cate<p>“Ossoff to present findings of investigation into abuse, unnecessary gynecological procedures at Georgia ICE facility.”</p><p><a href="https://www.11alive.com/article/news/state/irwin-county-georgia-ice-detention-center-abuse-ossoff-senate-investigation-findings/85-5f01519c-a96a-4c11-ac4f-e10798d208dd" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">11alive.com/article/news/state</span><span class="invisible">/irwin-county-georgia-ice-detention-center-abuse-ossoff-senate-investigation-findings/85-5f01519c-a96a-4c11-ac4f-e10798d208dd</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/forcedsterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forcedsterilisation</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ImmigrantHate" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>ImmigrantHate</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/GeorgiaICE" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>GeorgiaICE</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Shame" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>Shame</span></a></p>
Cate<p><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/women-detained-ice-unnecessary-gynecological-procedures-georgia-facility-investigation/" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">cbsnews.com/news/women-detaine</span><span class="invisible">d-ice-unnecessary-gynecological-procedures-georgia-facility-investigation/</span></a></p><p>“A congressional investigation into medical abuse allegations that garnered national attention in 2020 found that some immigrant women held by U.S. immigration officials at a Georgia detention center likely underwent "unnecessary" invasive gynecological procedures, according to a report released Tuesday.”</p><p><a href="https://mas.to/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/forcedsterilisation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>forcedsterilisation</span></a></p>
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