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Tragically hip: Pablo Escobar's hippos that roam free without predators to be sterilized
Colombia on Tuesday began the sterilization of hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s.
I'm a mom with 12 kids — trolls say I should be 'sterilized' but I want 5 more
“Actually, can I have five more of these little blonde b---hes?” she said while holding five of her kids and admitting their dad has a "pregnancy fetish."
'Frustrated' young women are trying to get sterilized after overturning of Roe
A growing number of young women are pursuing sterilization — and getting pushback about the decision in case they "meet Mr. Right" and change their mind.
'Humans are a mistake': Why more young women are getting sterilized
Rachel Diamond looks like most of the moms at the Park Slope café where we meet. Except the 31-year-old isn’t a mom. And she never will be.
'Wall of the Disappeared': US-backed Uighur exhibit opens in Geneva
The "Wall of the Disappeared" which also features interviews with camp survivors about alleged forced sterilization stands outside the United Nations in Geneva where a month-long session of the Human...
California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations
California to approve reparations of up to $25,000 to some of the thousands of people who were sterilized decades ago because the government deemed them unfit to have children
California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations
The payments, part of the state’s new $262.6 billion operating budget that is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, will make California at least the third state after Virginia and North...
China denies coercive birth control measures in Xinjiang
BEIJING — A Chinese official on Monday denied Beijing has imposed coercive birth control measures among Muslim minority women, following an outcry over a tweet by the Chinese Embassy in...
Doctor who sterilized women without consent found guilty
A disgraced Virginia OB/GYN who for years performed unnecessary surgeries on women — including hysterectomies — in an insurance fraud scheme was found guilty on 52 counts for his crimes....
Politicians call for UN probe into China's forced birth control on Uighurs
Politicians around the world have called for a United Nations probe into a Chinese government birth control campaign targeting largely Muslim minorities in the far western region of Xinjiang, even...
China forces birth control on Uighurs to suppress population
The Chinese government is taking draconian measures to slash birth rates among Uighurs and other minorities as part of a sweeping campaign to curb its Muslim population, even as it...
Thai city mass sterilizes hungry monkeys wreaking havoc on locals
Wild macaques in the Thai city of Lopburi are being sterilized en masse in a bid to clampdown on the pesky primates -- who are terrorizing city residents due to...
How one Chinese city is fighting the spread of coronavirus
A Chinese city has added firepower in its fight against the coronavirus – deploying a pair of remote-controlled mini-tanks on spraying mission
This nation forced poor women to get sterilized — and robbed one mom of her life
When a government team held a “ligation festival” to register women for sterilization in La Legua, Peru, Celia Durand resisted. The 31-year-old mother of three was appalled at the pressure...
Botched circumcision makes man sterile — but $2 million richer
This was most definitely not what the doctor ordered.
Muslim women reportedly 'sterilized' in Chinese 're-education' camps
China is forcibly sterilizing women held in its vast network of “re-education” camps that house political and religious prisoners, survivors have claimed. One woman, who was held for more than...
Japan apologizes to those it forcibly sterilized, promises to pay them
TOKYO — Japan’s government apologized Wednesday to tens of thousands of people who were forcibly sterilized under a now-defunct Eugenics Protection Law which was designed to “prevent the birth of...
Drug addict gets shorter prison sentence for getting sterilized
OKLAHOMA CITY — An Oklahoma woman convicted of using a counterfeit check has received a reduced sentence after getting medically sterilized at the suggestion of the judge. U.S. District Judge...
Sterilization program aims to get rid of NYC rats
The city wants to rid the Big Apple of rats with a chemical that prevents them from making babies. Officials plan to expand an experimental sterilization program that works like...
Hoping for a justice who'll say no to high-minded horrors
Someday the Senate will consider a president’s nominee for the Supreme Court seat left vacant by the late Antonin Scalia. Meanwhile, interested parties should prepare by reading a gripping new...