Eugenics
Around how many women in Puerto Rico had undergone sterilization?
Around 1/3 of Puerto Rican women
What did Law 116 do?
Made sterilization free and legal for women in Puerto Rico but also gave no other form of birth control.
How were women coerced into getting sterilized?
Employee discrimination
What was the total number of operations done throughout the U.S. (not including Puerto Rico).
Over 21,000
What way was the Puerto Rican Government complicit in tricking women into getting sterilized?
Spreading misinformation
What race was more likely to be subject to forced sterilization?
Latin Men and Women
When was mandatory sterilization abolished?
In the 1970's
How many states passed laws to legalize sterilization?
30
The office that Harry Laughin was superintendent of
What is the Eugenics Record Office?
What was the large conflict going on in the U.S. during this time of sterilization?
The Great Depression