This Federal Rule Didn’t Stop Coercive Sterilization—But it Blocked Contraceptive Access. Can it Be Fixed?

In Part 3 of STAT’s yearlong examination of reproductive autonomy for people with sickle cell disease, Dorothy Roberts, George A. Weiss University Professor of Law and Sociology, notes the “widespread devaluing of certain people’s childbearing,” seen in negative stereotypes, laws that deny someone extra benefits if they get pregnant while on welfare, and more.