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State investigates forced sterilizations

State investigators are examining how thousands of Native American women were sterilized without informed consent by the Indian Health Service in the 1970s.

EDGEWOOD, N.M. — In the 1970s, the U.S. agency that provides health care to Native Americans sterilized thousands of women without their full and informed consent, depriving them of the opportunity to start or grow families.

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Winston-Salem Journal broke the news in on Thursday, February 26, 2026.
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