Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval

[Chris_]

Female inmates sterilized in California prisons without approval

Doctors under contract with the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation sterilized nearly 150 female inmates from 2006 to 2010 without required state approvals, the Center for Investigative Reporting has found.

At least 148 women received tubal ligations in violation of prison rules during those five years – and there are perhaps 100 more dating back to the late 1990s, according to state documents and interviews.

From 1997 to 2010, the state paid doctors $147,460 to perform the procedure, according to a database of contracted medical services for state prisoners.

Sacramento Bee

This is the kind of thing that happens when the state is your only provider for medical care.

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Wow.  OB/GYNs have strict rules to follow when they do the procedure and in the state I'm from that includes a post-consent waiting period -I'm shocked

[RobJohnson]

This is shocking but it really should not be surprising I guess.

[Undies]

This is California.  It was done to keep the few heterosexual male prison personnel out of hot water.