/tags/forced-sterilization forced sterilization en-US Copyright Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:06:38 GMT /local-news/2025-11-13/forced-sterilization-of-indigenous-women-would-be-investigated-under-proposed-legislation For decades starting in 1907 Indigenous women and women of color across the country, including New Mexico, were forced or coerced into sterilizations without their informed consent. On Thursday, a coalition of Indigenous women’s reproductive rights advocates called on state lawmakers to create a truth and reconciliation commission to investigate the abuses. Fri, 14 Nov 2025 00:06:38 GMT /local-news/2025-11-13/forced-sterilization-of-indigenous-women-would-be-investigated-under-proposed-legislation Jeanette DeDios