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The Sterilization of Leilani Muir (1996)

i'm digging out things to recommend folks to watch and read during Disability Pride Month (july) and just writing this review to say i really recommend this if you can find it. The shameful history of eugenics is extremely recent and it happened right here in Canada and its effects are still with us. I saw this almost 20 years ago in college and it has stuck with me all this time. According to the Native Women's Association of Canada, there have been reports of forced sterilizations happening as recently as 2019.