‘So Humanly Low’: California Sterilizes Black Woman Without Her Consent, Then Tried to Block Her from Receiving Compensation Until a Judge Stepped In
A Black woman who was sterilized without her consent during a medical procedure while incarcerated in a California state prison has been granted a $35,000 reparations payment after years of appealing her case. The decision by the California Victim Compensation Board to award the payment to Geynna Buffington could mean that hundreds of other people…