By C1 Staff
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Following an audit showing the state’s failure to obtain consent for the procedures, a bill to ban inmate sterilization is moving forward.
Reuters reports that the bill already unanimously passed the assembly health committee on Tuesday.
“This bill is absolutely essential to make sure that women are not coerced into procedures they don’t want and truly informed about risks and side effects should they be deemed necessary,” state senator Hannah-Beth Jackson said. She both introduced the bill and commissioned the audit in February.
The report by the California State Auditor showed that of 144 tubal ligations performed between 2005 and 2011, errors were made in obtaining informed consent in 39 cases.