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Forced sterilization of prisoners in Indiana.
Date: 1899-1909
Sterilization
Prison Industrial Complex
Reproductive health/reproductive rights
Out of the fear that masturbation creates sexually-deviant "criminals" in society, Harry Clay Sharp forces vasectomies on incarcerated men to "diminish their sexual drive."
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