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The Official Thread Dedicated to "Trump Winning"

uh, did Trump just tell the world that because he didn't win the Nobel Peace Prize last year that he is going to now make war(s)?
 
Tim Steelersfan said:
And more on Greenland. Covered in the above, but another link. Were you aware Denmark sterlized the women of Greenland?

Greenlanders speak out against Denmark after decades of forced sterilization of young women
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Yes, the United States government, primarily through the
Indian Health Service (IHS), funded and carried out a campaign of forced and coerced sterilization targeting Native American women, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. This practice, driven by eugenic ideologies and population control efforts, is a widely documented and shameful part of American history.

Details of the Abuse
  • Scope and Estimates: A 1976 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that over 3,400 sterilizations were performed on Native American women in just four out of the twelve IHS regions between 1973 and 1976 alone. Independent studies and activists, such as Dr. Connie Pinkerton-Uri, a Choctaw/Cherokee physician, estimated the actual number of victims to be much higher, suggesting that as many as 25% to 50% of Native American women of childbearing age (15-44) were sterilized during that period, with some estimates reaching up to 70,000 women in total.
  • Methods of Coercion: Sterilizations were often performed without informed consent, utilizing a range of coercive and deceptive tactics.
    • Deception: Women were sometimes told the procedure was for another medical condition (e.g., appendicitis) or that the sterilization was reversible.
    • Undue Pressure: Doctors and social workers sometimes threatened to withdraw federal benefits (like Medicaid or welfare) or take away their children if they did not consent to the procedure.
    • Lack of Informed Consent: Consent forms were often inadequate, not provided in a language the patient understood, or presented to women while they were in labor, under the influence of medication, or otherwise unable to give proper consent.
    • Targeting: Physicians often held paternalistic and racist views, believing that Native American women were not intelligent enough to use other forms of birth control effectively or that limiting the Native population would save taxpayer money on welfare programs.

Lasting Impact
The legacy of these forced sterilizations has been devastating, leading to a deep mistrust of the federal healthcare system and contributing to ongoing trauma within Native communities. The practice has been widely condemned as a form of genocide, impacting tribal population growth and cultural survival. Although new regulations were put in place in 1979 to prevent such abuses, the issue continues to affect Native people today, and the IHS has never issued a formal apology to the victims.
Advocacy groups like Women of All Red Nations (WARN) and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center continue to raise awareness and fight for reproductive justice and support for survivors.
 
Steelmann said:
Yes, the United States government, primarily through the
Indian Health Service (IHS), funded and carried out a campaign of forced and coerced sterilization targeting Native American women, particularly during the 1960s and 1970s. This practice, driven by eugenic ideologies and population control efforts, is a widely documented and shameful part of American history.

Details of the Abuse
  • Scope and Estimates: A 1976 report by the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) found that over 3,400 sterilizations were performed on Native American women in just four out of the twelve IHS regions between 1973 and 1976 alone. Independent studies and activists, such as Dr. Connie Pinkerton-Uri, a Choctaw/Cherokee physician, estimated the actual number of victims to be much higher, suggesting that as many as 25% to 50% of Native American women of childbearing age (15-44) were sterilized during that period, with some estimates reaching up to 70,000 women in total.
  • Methods of Coercion:Sterilizations were often performed without informed consent, utilizing a range of coercive and deceptive tactics.
    • Deception: Women were sometimes told the procedure was for another medical condition (e.g., appendicitis) or that the sterilization was reversible.
    • Undue Pressure: Doctors and social workers sometimes threatened to withdraw federal benefits (like Medicaid or welfare) or take away their children if they did not consent to the procedure.
    • Lack of Informed Consent: Consent forms were often inadequate, not provided in a language the patient understood, or presented to women while they were in labor, under the influence of medication, or otherwise unable to give proper consent.
    • Targeting: Physicians often held paternalistic and racist views, believing that Native American women were not intelligent enough to use other forms of birth control effectively or that limiting the Native population would save taxpayer money on welfare programs.

Lasting Impact
The legacy of these forced sterilizations has been devastating, leading to a deep mistrust of the federal healthcare system and contributing to ongoing trauma within Native communities. The practice has been widely condemned as a form of genocide, impacting tribal population growth and cultural survival. Although new regulations were put in place in 1979 to prevent such abuses, the issue continues to affect Native people today, and the IHS has never issued a formal apology to the victims.
Advocacy groups like Women of All Red Nations (WARN) and the National Indigenous Women's Resource Center continue to raise awareness and fight for reproductive justice and support for survivors.
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