#1819 Coerced Sterilization, Abortion Bans, and the New Pronatalism: Who Controls American Reproduction (Transcript)

Best of the Left - Leftist Perspectives on Progressive Politics, News, Culture, Economics and Democracy | Aug 31 2026 | 03:25:57

Air Date: 8/29/2026

Today we examine what happens when the state wants to decide whether a person reproduces. A century ago, American courts sanctioned the forced sterilization of women deemed unfit to reproduce. 60 years ago, a communist dictator ran a pronatalist experiment with disastrous results. Now, abortion access is collapsing and a new pronatalist movement is rising to wreak havoc.

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