While some may think forced sterilization laws are in the past, Utah is one of 31 states that still has — and uses — them.
“To remove choice around your body is just one more act of violence towards women with disabilities,” Stauffer said. “Any time that somebody is doing something to your body that you have not consented to, that is violence.”
Two years later, in Buck v. Bell, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled “that eugenic sterilizations were perfectly constitutional,” Tabery said. “Now, rather than saying we’re going to sterilize you because we don’t want you to pass this on to your children, they said we’re going to sterilize you because we don’t think you’re going to be fit parents,” according to Tabery.
“I think there’s a certain view of people with disabilities by a lot of folks that they need protection,” according to Crippes. This comes into play with this sterilization law, he said, and with guardianship laws.
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