Four women living with HIV who won a landmark case tell the BBC about how they were sterilised.
  • porkins@sh.itjust.works
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    7 months ago

    People who have a lifelong illness that can infect their child, having more kids that they can’t afford, and are surprised picachu when their free socialized system won’t give them free care if they don’t get their tubes tied. Ridiculous. They can’t even read, but are having offspring.

    • BrikoX@lemmy.zipOPMEnglish
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      7 months ago

      That doesn’t remove their rights, though. The issue was actions taken without their informed consent.

      I’m not familiar with Kenya’s laws, but where I am, that would fall under discrimination of a protected class.