No más bebés (2016)

Original title

No Más Bebés

Directed by

Renee Tajima-Peña

Genre

documentary film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 19m

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

This documentary follows immigrant women who were sterilized without their consent while giving birth at a Los Angeles hospital. Led by a lawyer, the mothers sue the doctors, the state, and the federal government for their rights.

historicalsoberinginsightfulquietly angryinvestigativepersonalmethodical

What happens

No Más Bebés (transl. No More Babies) is an American documentary film that tells the story of immigrant women who were sterilized upon going into labor. Having been sterilized without knowing at the Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, the mothers sued county doctors, the State of California, and the United States government. Having collected hospital records from a whistleblower, Chicana lawyer Antonia Hernandez led the lawsuit against powerful institutions. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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