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Compulsory sterilisation in Sweden were sterilisations which were carried out in Sweden, without a valid consent of the subject, during the years 1906–2013 on eugenic, medical and social grounds. Between 1972 and 2013, sterilisation was also a condition for gender reassignment surgery .
Many of the individuals presented for sterilization under the province's eugenics program came through Riverview Hospital (Essondale). [27] In comparison to the "2834 individuals sterilized under Alberta's eugenic policy, historian Angus McLaren has estimated that in British Columbia no more than a few hundred individuals were sterilized".
The eugenics program in Sweden was enacted in 1934 and was formally abolished in 1976. According to the 2000 governmental report, 21,000 were estimated to have been forcibly sterilized, 6,000 were coerced into a 'voluntary' sterilization while the nature of a further 4,000 cases could not be determined. [140] Of those sterilized 93% were women ...
In Canada, the eugenics movement gained support early in the 20th century as prominent physicians drew a direct link between heredity and public health. [112] Eugenics was enforced by law in two Canadian provinces.
The Sexual Sterilization Act was a law enacted in 1928 by the Legislative Assembly of Alberta, Canada.Supported by influential social groups, the Act was aimed to redress social problems by preventing the transmission of personality traits deemed undesirable to offspring and therefore allowed for sterilization of mentally disabled people.
The final rosters for the 4 Nations Face-Off international tournament were unveiled on Wednesday as the NHL prepares for its first best-on-best tournament since the 2016 World Cup of Hockey.
In the first seven months of this year 93 children in Sweden under the age of 15 are suspected of having been involved in planning murders, three times more than in the same period last year ...
A post shared on Facebook claims Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced a three-year freeze on new immigration into Canada. Verdict: False This claim is inaccurate.