A judge in Quebec has given the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit over the forced sterilisation of Indigenous women in the Canadian province.
The women accused the health organisations of systemic prejudice against Atikamekw patients, which they say enabled the doctors to operate without first obtaining consent.
Justice Lukasz Granosik wrote in a judgment released this week: “It is quite possible to argue that sterilising a woman without her free and informed consent constitutes a civil fault, ethical misconduct, a criminal act and a violation of [Quebec’s] charter of human rights and freedoms.”
According to the file, UT and MX each gave birth five times at a local hospital and said their fallopian tubes were cut upon their fifth deliveries, which in both cases were done by caesarean section.
Karen Stote, a leading expert on the issue, said: “The coerced sterilisation of Indigenous women is connected to the broader context of colonialism.
In 2021, a Canadian senate report highlighted “a significant power imbalance between Indigenous women and their doctors” which it said was “complicated by language and cultural barriers”.
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A judge in Quebec has given the go-ahead for a class action lawsuit over the forced sterilisation of Indigenous women in the Canadian province.
The women accused the health organisations of systemic prejudice against Atikamekw patients, which they say enabled the doctors to operate without first obtaining consent.
Justice Lukasz Granosik wrote in a judgment released this week: “It is quite possible to argue that sterilising a woman without her free and informed consent constitutes a civil fault, ethical misconduct, a criminal act and a violation of [Quebec’s] charter of human rights and freedoms.”
According to the file, UT and MX each gave birth five times at a local hospital and said their fallopian tubes were cut upon their fifth deliveries, which in both cases were done by caesarean section.
Karen Stote, a leading expert on the issue, said: “The coerced sterilisation of Indigenous women is connected to the broader context of colonialism.
In 2021, a Canadian senate report highlighted “a significant power imbalance between Indigenous women and their doctors” which it said was “complicated by language and cultural barriers”.
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