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Aboriginal women say they were sterilized against their will in hospital

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“I’m laying there, scared enough, not wanting this done, telling her I didn’t want it done. All of a sudden I smell something burning. If I could’ve moved my legs I probably would’ve kicked her.”- Brenda Pelletier on being sterilized against her will

Brenda Pelletier checked in to Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon five years ago to give birth to her baby girl. She left, with her tubes tied. The tubal ligation procedure happened, she says, after she was pressured into it by hospital staff, while she was in a vulnerable state.

And as a Métis woman, Brenda Pelletier’s experience appears not to be an isolated case.

At least three other aboriginal women have come forward to say that they too were pressured to be sterilized at the Saskatoon hospital in recent years.

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Ok but this is true!!! I was 19 years old when i went into the hospital to give birth to my first child and while i was laying in bed reading and signing consent forms i came across one that woukd give them.permission to tie my tubes. The nurse kept telling me i didnt have to read them all that they were all about my stay in the hospital and intake forms and when i began to read that particular form the nurse came to me laughed nervously and said well we put that in there just in case you wanted to get your rubes tied. I then asked if they always gave them to woman giving birth she said no, the doctor had asked for thematic be put in there “just in case” I didnt want any future children. The nurse then went on to ask me about my future and if i was really sure i wanted to have more children or not. Until my mom came intimate room to check up on me and the nurse then took all the papers from me and left. For the rest of my delivery the nurses refused to give me medication for the pain or an epidural saying it was too early for that and it might stop my labour. I honestly think they withheld pain medication and the epidural to show me how hard child birth can be. Afterwards when they were releasing me the nurse asked me again if i was sure i didnt want to get ny tubes tied. Which i said no to. She then went on and explained thaf if i did i woukd just have to make an appointment with my doctor and i would be in and out in no time at all.
That is my experience with the Canadian healthcare system and being a native woman. It is wrong that anyone would try and force something like that on a 19 year old. Please share. Let it be known what is happening to native woman. We have rights just like any other woman and shouldn’t be pushed into suxh decision at such a young age.

Hey white folks with uteruses who do not want or should not have kids, 

you know how you’re outraged about how hard it is to get a Doctor to agree to sterilize you even to save your life? 

Guess what else they do? Double your outrage.

And those two issues are not unrelated. White supremacy pushes an idea of who should be having kids and who shouldnt. White, abled women are prioritized especially ones who arent poor, they should have many kids, to further white supremacy, while those deemed “undesireable” (people who arent white, people who are disabled, people who are poor and uneducated and especially people who are more than one of those things) should be kept from having children for the good of society.

So when doctors refuse to sterilize white, educated women who want it, they are functioning within the same thought process as when doctors sterilize non-white women against their will.

Since this article came out in 2016, a class action lawsuit has been filed by two of the victims.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2017/oct/27/canada-indigenous-women-sterilisation-lawsuit

The Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN) has reported on the results of the internal review of the Royal University Hospital.

http://aptnnews.ca/2017/07/27/long-awaited-review-into-forced-sterilization-of-indigenous-women-at-saskatoon-hospital-finds-covert-and-overt-racism-among-staff/

APTN has also done an investigation focusing on a few of the stories of the women who were sterilised against their will.

http://aptnnews.ca/2017/01/27/aptn-investigates-against-their-will/

Update in 2018: STILL HAPPENING:

Indigenous women still being coerced into sterilizations across Canada, Ontario senator says

Aboriginal women say they were sterilized against their will in hospital

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ladies and gentlemen we have officially reached the “in case a nuclear attack happens” phase……. [x]

This shit is wild.

What year is it?

remember kids! duck and cover because we’re in the cold war again apparently

…But what do we actually do?

Step 1: Don’t be standing right where the attack hits. In fact be several miles away from it. So if the Bomb hits and you’re still standing *thumbs up* Survived step one.

Step 2: Get as much sturdy material between you and the outside as possible. Since the harmful radiation is slowed down by every layer of stuff it has to go through so in the end it won’t be powerful enough anymore to penetrate human skin. So… the thicker the walls the better. A radiation detector is also never a bad idea =v= just to calm the nerves I guess. Also Gas masks rated for nuclear or chemical emergencies are a good idea for when you have to go outside.

Step 3: Make sure you have enough food and water and other supplies for at least 14 days. If you’re closer to a possible strike zone you’ll need more water and food since obviously the radiation is stronger and will take longer to go back to survivable levels. Since Nuclear material deteriorates rather quickly (I forget the exact math but it’s really fast). Also a radio will do you no harm? Though a nuclear missile emits a strong EMP so if you’re too close to detonation point your radio will prolly fry =v=

Step 4: You’ll obviously need to think about where to put your waste. Also what you use as a toilet. There’s these portable toilets that aren’t outta the world expensive. Then investing in some cat litter won’t do you any harm either because it’s good for making all the waste less smelly. Since you shouldn’t bring it outside until -at least- 2 days after the detonation and that only when you’re well protected.

Also don’t eat or drink anything that came in contact with radioactive dust, rain, etc. Keep your supplies protected from that stuff or you can basically toss them out.

P.S. Have Potassium iodide pills on hand. During nuclear emergencies they can help protct you against a variety of cancers *thumbs up*

Of course there’s mooore… like… Power supplies and stuff like first aid kits that you need to think about but… Google is your friend =v=

Source: weavemama