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We don’t say this lightly,
John — this is an emergency.
Today, on the first day of Latinx Heritage Month, we heard news that an
Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility in Georgia has been giving an
alarming number of forced hysterectomies to detained immigrants.
We must call this what it is: an act of genocide. We’re disturbed, but not
surprised. For centuries, Black and Brown women have been targeted by
forced sterilization. It’s long been a vile tool of white supremacists and
now we’re seeing Trump’s administration use it as their latest tool to
promote their racist, anti-immigrant agenda.
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never been more urgent. Will you rush a split donation to The Georgia
Latino Human Rights Alliance (GLAHR) and Women’s March so we can finally
vote out this nightmare on November 3rd?
The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights (GLAHR) educates, organizes
and trains the Latino community in Georgia to defend and promote their
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These heinous crimes against humanity may sound like the nightmarish
actions we read in fiction — but this is not the first time white
supremacists have used forced sterilizations to enforce their racist
agenda.
When the United States assumed governance of Puerto Rico in 1898,
population control became a top priority. But instead of providing Puerto
Rican women with access to alternative forms of safe and legal
contraception — the government implemented coercive, misleading measures
to push women toward having an hysterectomy. Later on it was found that
nearly one-third of all Puerto Rican mothers of the ages 20-49 were
sterilized as a result of this disturbing campaign.^1
It is no coincidence that we’re seeing this practice emerge again under
Trump’s administration. For the past three years, he’s only intensified
his efforts to oppress and control the bodies of Brown and Black women.
We’re sick to our stomachs knowing that women who fled their home
countries to seek refuge in our country are now being locked away in
prisons where they are subjected to unspeakable, irreversible human rights
violations by the United States government.
[ [link removed] ]Our fury is only surpassed by our determination to finally end this
administration of terror. Will you channel your anger into action by
making a split donation to The Georgia Latino Alliance for Human Rights
(GLAHR) and Women’s March? Together — we can make sure women are a driving
force to defeat Trump on November 3rd.
Together,
Rachel Carmona
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