A Senate report last year concluded “this horrific practice is not confined to the past, but clearly is continuing today.”
In May, a doctor was penalized for forcibly sterilizing an Indigenous woman in 2019.
Medical authorities in Canada’s Northwest Territories sanctioned a doctor in May for forcibly sterilizing an Indigenous woman, according to documents obtained by the AP. The Geneva Conventions describe forced sterilization as a type of genocide and crime against humanity and the Canadian government has condemned forced sterilization elsewhere, including of Uyghur women in China.
“Sterilization of women without their informed consent constitutes an assault and is a criminal offense,” the government said. It acknowledged that bias in the health system “continues to have catastrophic effects" on Indigenous people.Indigenous people comprise about 5% of Canada’s nearly 40 million people. The more than 600 Indigenous communities across Canada, known as First Nations, face significant health challenges compared to other Canadians.
“I could smell something burning,” she said. “When the was finished, he said, ‘There: tied, cut and burnt. Nothing will get through that,’” Tuckanow said, referring to her fallopian tubes. She said she hadn’t consented. She said the impact of forced sterilizations on First Nations people was “staggering,” describing the generations of lost Indigenous lives as a “genocide.”
“In my residency, there were situations where we would do C-sections on patients and someone would lean over and say, ‘So we’ll also clip her tubes,’” he said. “It never crossed my mind whether these patients had an informed conversation" about sterilization, he said, adding he assumed that had happened before patients were on the operating table.
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