Matches in DBpedia 2015-10 for { ?s ?p "Reports of forced sterilization of Native American women began to surface in the 1970s. Of the 100,000 to 150,000 Native American women of childbearing age, 3,400 to 70,000 of these women were involuntarily sterilized through tubal ligation or hysterectomy. They were not given a choice to refuse or accept to undergo the sterilization procedure. Many were manipulated into thinking that should they refuse to undergo sterilization, they would risk losing their welfare aid.In the 1970, the average birth rate of Native American women was 3.79 children. By 1980 the birth rate had fallen to 1.8 children."@en }
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- Sterilization_of_Native_American_women abstract "Reports of forced sterilization of Native American women began to surface in the 1970s. Of the 100,000 to 150,000 Native American women of childbearing age, 3,400 to 70,000 of these women were involuntarily sterilized through tubal ligation or hysterectomy. They were not given a choice to refuse or accept to undergo the sterilization procedure. Many were manipulated into thinking that should they refuse to undergo sterilization, they would risk losing their welfare aid.In the 1970, the average birth rate of Native American women was 3.79 children. By 1980 the birth rate had fallen to 1.8 children.".