Editing Compulsory sterilization (section)

==== Georgia immigration detention center 2020 ====
In 2020, four [[non-profit organizations]] (which are listed below) joined Dawn Wooten to accuse a [[private prison|privately-owned]] U.S. immigration detention center in the U.S. state of [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]] of forcibly sterilizing women. The reports claimed that a doctor conducted unauthorized medical procedures upon women who were detained by [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement|Immigration and Customs Enforcement]].<ref name=":14">{{Cite web |title=ICE detainees' alleged hysterectomies recall a long history of forced sterilizations {{!}} University of Toronto Mississauga |url=https://www.utm.utoronto.ca/main-news/ice-detainees-alleged-hysterectomies-recall-long-history-forced-sterilizations |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=www.utm.utoronto.ca |date=2 October 2020 |language=en}}</ref> Dawn Wooten was a nurse and former employee. She claims that a high rate of sterilizations were performed upon Spanish-speaking women and women who spoke various indigenous languages that are common in Latin America. Wooten said that the center did not obtain proper consent for these surgeries, or lied to women about the medical procedures. More than 40 women submitted testimony in writing to document these abuses.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-12-22 |title=More immigrant women say they were abused by Ice gynecologist |url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/22/ice-gynecologist-hysterectomies-georgia |access-date=2021-02-03 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref>

In September 2020, [[Mexico]] demanded more information from U.S. authorities about medical procedures that were performed upon illegal immigrants in detention centers, after allegations that six Mexican women were sterilized without their consent. The ministry said that consulate personnel had interviewed 18 Mexican women who were detained at the center, none of which "claimed to have undergone a hysterectomy". Another woman said that she had undergone a gynecological operation, although there was nothing in her detention file to support that she agreed to the procedure.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2020-09-29 |title=Mexico demands the US for answers on alleged migrant hysterectomies |url=https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/09/mexico-demands-the-us-for-answers-on-alleged-migrant-hysterectomies/ |access-date=2021-01-24 |website=The Yucatan Times |language=en-US}}</ref>{{blockquote|The nurse said that detained women told her they did not fully understand why they had to get a hysterectomy.

[[Project South (organization)|Project South]], the Georgia Detention Watch, the Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights, and South Georgia Immigrant Support Network filed a complaint to the government on behalf of detained immigrants and the nurse.

The U.S. congresswoman [[Pramila Jayapal]] has called for an urgent investigation into allegations that at least 17 women were subjected to unnecessary gynecological procedures that she called "the most abhorrent of human rights violations".<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-29|title=Mexico demands the US for answers on alleged migrant hysterectomies|url=https://www.theyucatantimes.com/2020/09/mexico-demands-the-us-for-answers-on-alleged-migrant-hysterectomies/|access-date=2022-01-04|website=The Yucatan Times|language=en-US}}</ref>}}