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Re-Examining Women's History: Health-Insurer Payment Changes Had Larger Impact on Female Sterilization Rates Than Landmark Civil Rights Case

Female sterilization has played a much bigger role in U.S. reproductive history than many people realize. For decades it has been one of the most common forms of birth control in the country. Its history is layered--from outright coercion and racial targeting to rights-based reform and bureaucratic redesign.

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