A yearlong STAT investigation about people with sickle cell disease who felt pressured into unwanted sterilizations.
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How doctors coerce sickle cell patients into unwanted sterilizations
For decades, physicians have steered sickle cell patients toward sterilization. STAT reporter, Eric Boodman's series reveals that an injustice often relegated to the distant past persists today, and highlights the voices of the foremost experts — those who've lived it. Read the entire ongoing series below.
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