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Dear team,

I want to tell you the story of our client, Francisca.

In 2002, at the age of 20, Francisca was admitted to the hospital for
a scheduled c-section in Curicó, Chile. After delivering a healthy
baby, Francisca's doctor surgically sterilized her without her
consent-simply because she was HIV-positive. She found out a few
hours after waking up from anesthesia.

Outraged by Francisca's tragic story, the Center and Chilean-based
HIV/AIDS NGO Vivo Positivo filed a case on her behalf in 2009 before
the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights after an earlier
criminal complaint against the surgeon was unjustly dismissed. The
petition aimed to hold the Chilean government accountable for failing
to protect Francisca from being forcibly sterilized.

People living with HIV are often exposed to social and economic
barriers that deepen violations of their human rights, and forcing a
person to undergo sterilization is a serious violation of the right to
bodily autonomy.

Today, 19 years after Francisca was forcibly sterilized, Chile signed
a friendly settlement agreement, which awards full reparations to
Francisca and her child and requires Chile to implement policies to
guarantee reproductive rights as human rights without discrimination.

Francisca still wakes up every morning feeling a profound sense of
loss for the large family she always dreamed of having but knows will
never be. This agreement is one step toward justice-not just for
Francisca and her child, but for pregnant people across Chile.











You played a vital role in securing justice for Francisca and
protecting the reproductive rights of people around the world.






I'm incredibly grateful for your partnership.

Thank you,

Catalina Martínez Coral
Senior Regional Director for Latin America & the Caribbean











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