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Unwanted Sterilization and Eugenics Programs in the United States
Coerced sterilization is a shameful part of America’s history, and one doesn’t have to go too far back to find examples of it. Used as a means of controlling “undesirable” populations – immigrants,...
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Renee Tajima-Peña on the Women of the Madrigal vs Quilligan Case
Filmmaker Renee Tajima-Peña was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary for her film Who Killed Vincent Chin?, which aired on PBS back in 1989. She’s hardly sat still since then; her films...
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Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt: What the Supreme Court Is Deciding in...
The Supreme Court of the United States, including the late Antonin Scalia (there are currently eight justices until a ninth is confirmed). By Marcia Coyle @MarciaCoyle Guest Contributor, National Law...
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Surrogacy Facts and Myths: How Much Do You Know?
By Lennlee Keep In 2018, over 100 children were born in Boise, Idaho, through surrogacy. The story behind this unique baby boom is explored in the Independent Lens documentary Made in Boise, an...
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The One-Child Policy Legacy on Women and Relationships in China
By Kristal Sotamayor The one-child policy was introduced to China in 1979, written into the national constitution in 1982, and subsequently ended in 2015. Over the 36 years of the policy, entire...
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Nanfu Wang’s Riveting Personal Story Probes Impact of One-Child Policy
Taking risks is nothing new for Chinese filmmaker Nanfu Wang. Her previous documentary I Am Another You, which was a SXSW Jury Award-winner and aired on Independent Lens, involved her having to live on...
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Filmmaker Exposes Shocking Pattern of Illegal Sterilizations in Women’s Prisons
Erika Cohn has made powerful documentaries for Independent Lens before and is no stranger to telling intimate, surprising stories in tense environments: her Peabody Award-winning film The Judge showed...
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