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A.S. v. Hungary: Informed Consent: A Signature is Not Enough

02.23.10 - A.S., a Hungarian woman of Roma origin, underwent surgery at a public hospital in connection with a miscarriage. Minutes after being admitted to the hospital in a “state of shock” and while on the operating table, A.S. was asked to sign a statement of consent to a caesarean section…

Report on Coerced Sterilization in Slovakia Leads to Exposure of Issue throughout the Region

01.15.10 - In 2002, the Center for Reproductive Rights, together with its partner Poradna, conducted a fact finding mission into the forced and coerced sterilization of Roma women in public hospitals in eastern Slovakia…

Czech Government Apologizes to Victims of Forced Sterilization

11.25.09 - The Center for Reproductive Rights congratulates the Czech Republic on being the first country in the region to acknowledge that Roma women have been forcibly sterilized. …

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