What is Compulsory sterilization?
{{Genocide sidebar}} '''Compulsory sterilization''' is a term used for [[law]]s that force certain groups of people to be [[sterilization|sterilized]] so that they can no longer make [[babies]]. Often, this is done against their will, or at a time when they cannot consent. It has also been done for the following reasons: * Some people had the idea that they wanted to [[Eugenics|make the human race better]]. In the same way than [[breeding]] animals, this would be done by picking those people that would be allowed to have children. The others would be sterilized. This movement was especially present during the first half of the 20th century. * Some children that are born are [[Intersex|neither clearly male, nor clearly female]]. Doctors then [[Sexual reassignment surgery|pick one of the two genders at birth]], or shortly afterwards. [[Surgery]] is then done to make the child look either male or female. Usually, this means that the person will not be able to bear children. Very often, this is done without the parents knowing or consenting to the operation, shortly after birth. For this reason, some countries do no longer require assigning a sex in the birth register. * In some cases, compulsory sterilizations are done to [[mental illness|mentally ill]] people who are not able to handle a [[pregnancy]] on their own.<ref>[http://www.ohchr.org/Documents/HRBodies/HRCouncil/Regularsession/Session22/A.HRC.22.53_English.pdf?u Report of UN Hun Rights Council (A/HRC/22/53))] para 57-70 and this repport also says that sterilization required for [[transgender]] is medical abuse also violation of integrity</ref> * In [[China]], compulsory sterilization is part of [[family planning]].<ref>{{Cite web|date=2005-09-21|title=China gibt Zwangsabtreibungen zu|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/politik/ausland/china-gibt-zwangsabtreibungen-zu-1303684.html|access-date=2024-12-19|website=FAZ.NET|language=de}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Sterilisationskampagne: Chinas Ämter jagen Eltern mit mehr als einem Kind - WELT|url=https://www.wel