The following historical background on forced sterilization of minority girls and women in the U.S. and beyond runs long, even without delving into the Nazis’ study of U.S. 17th-19th century policies toward indigenous people and the disabled as a basis of some of their own approaches toward people they deemed unfit in a civilized world. Implications reverberate into the present. ### Some links, most bolding, and other emphasis in the quotes are editorial additions.
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<big>With horrific irony, the backhistory of forced sterilization figures in an article from NativeNewsOnline: <big>Indigenous Women Navigate Abortion Access Hurdles Post-Roe</big></big>
...Since the reversal of Roe v. Wade ... demand for the services of Indigenous Women Rising] has skyrocketed. They funded 37 abortions in 2019, 600 in 2022 and over 300 in the first six months of this year, from January to June spending more to help people than in all of 2022, for airfare, bus, gas, child care, elder care, after care for the individual who’s getting an abortion, [and the traditional ceremonies that follow]" said founder Rachael Lorenzo, who is Mescalero Apache, Laguna and Xicana, “If there are special needs that they have, we do our best to fund that, as well.”
[States with some of the largest Indigenous populations also have some of the strictest restrictions on abortion [but it] was never readily available to Native Americans, thanks to a federal law that has prohibited nearly all abortions at Indian Health Service clinics since 1976…
