Two Indigenous women filed a class action lawsuit in Saskatchewan in 2017, alleging they were sterilized without consent. This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. The report notes that Canada has a long history of forced and coerced sterilization through laws and government policies that sought to reduce births in Indigenous and Black communities, as well as people living in poverty or with disabilities. It defines forced or coerced sterilization as a surgical procedure to prevent conception that is performed without a patient’s free, prior and informed consent. The report follows a committee study on forced and coerced sterilization in Canada that began in 2019. “I don’t think you can go far enough in addressing these heinous human rights violations,” Lombard said, adding that she herself thinks that if the recommendations are meaningfully implemented, they will have a significant effect on the incidence of the practice and hopefully eradicate it, “full stop.” Her clients hope the recommendations will serve to hold accountable those responsible and that, ultimately, fair reparations will be made. Lawyer Alisa Lombard said her clients are grateful the senators took time to listen to them and thoughtfully consider what they had to say. The senators say the “horrific practice” disproportionately affects vulnerable and marginalized groups including Indigenous women, Black and racialized women and people with disabilities. The human rights committee says in a report released Thursday that forced and coerced sterilizations persist in Canada and both legal and policy responses are needed. Manage Print Subscription / Tax Receipt.
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