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Forced Sterilization: Oppressing Latin America’s Womb

11/19/10 4:00pm by marietrigona
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The idea of an HIV-positive woman giving birth to a child may bring up issues about health and responsibility. However, the State or government agency should not hold the authority to deprive a woman of her agency and right to make decisions regarding her body. This is exactly what occurred in the case of 36-year-old Julia, a HIV-positive woman who was forcibly sterilized in Chile.  Read more >

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Full Name
Marie Trigona
Member Since
April 2010
About Me: 

Marie Trigona is a writer, video maker, radio producer and translator. Based in Argentina, her work focuses on labor, human rights, community media and social movements in Latin America. Her writing has appeared in publications including Z Magazine and ZNet, NACLA, Monthly Review, Canadian Dimension, The Buenos Aires Herald, Left Turn, Americas Program, Clamor, Venezuela Analysis, Upsidedown World, Dollars and Sense and many others. She reports for Free Speech Radio News, a daily syndicated radio news program broadcast in the U.S.

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Journalist
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Buenos Aires, Argentina
 

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