QUOTE: “They built 160 sterilization clinics,” Rosie Perez said. “The women would work a full day and then get sterilized and be back at work the next day. They told the women they were doing their patriotic duty; they didn’t tell them the procedure could not be reversed.” - (this did happen in Puerto Rico, I recently learned)
Posted on: October 9th, 2007
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