Great Britain gave 166 million pounds ($268 million) to a government program in India that forcibly sterilizes poor women and men. The UK’s aid agency cited a need to address climate change by reducing population as a key reason to fund India’s abusive program, reports The Guardian.
Botched operations caused agony, bleeding, and deaths. In one region targeted by the UK government, a 35-year old wife of a poor laborer, pregnant with twins, bled to death.
Some women sterilized while pregnant suffered miscarriages. Some were bribed with less than $8 and a sari, others threatened with losing their ration cards. Some were told the operations were for general healthcare, and did not discover the true purpose until too late.
Clinics received bonuses for doing more than 30 operations a day. Non-governmental workers were paid for each person they convinced to be operated on. One surgeon working in a school building committed 53 operations in 2 hours with unqualified staff, no running water or means to clean the equipment.
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