Canada indigenous women were coerced into sterilisations, lawsuit says

Two women file class action suit after Saskatoon authorities admit several others have made claims of undergoing process without proper consent

Two indigenous women in Canada have filed a class action lawsuit over allegations that they were coerced into undergoing sterilisation at a Saskatchewan hospital. The suit was launched after health authorities in the province admitted that several women had come forward with similar claims.

The legal challenge, which still needs to be certified by a judge, centres on the idea of proper and informed consent – and whether this was obtained before the womenwere sterilised.

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