EPISODE · Jan 22, 2026 · 2 MIN
Forced Sterilization Was Legal Medicine in America
from The Caduceus Files · host J Shoot
For decades, U.S. courts ordered sterilization as preventive medicine.Doctors performed the procedures.Judges approved them.Thirty-two states legalized it.This is the history of forced sterilization in America—not as abuse hidden in shadows,but as law, policy, and routine medical care.No commentary.No dramatization.Just the record.
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