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Responding to women’s stories of reproductive coercion: How are governments, institutions and organizations carrying through recommendations and calls to action?
1
University of Saskatchewan, School of Public Health, Saskatoon, Canada
2
Reclaiming Care and Health Home: An Indigenous Health Commitment, McMaster Midwifery Research Centre, Hamilton, Canada
Eur J Midwifery 2026;10(Supplement 1):A946
ABSTRACT
BACKGROUND:
In late 2015 and early 2016, First Nations and Métis women shared their experiences about being coerced or forced to have a tubal ligation at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. These accounts, and related news coverage, instigated institutional, government and public conversations across Canada about coerced and forced sterilization of Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) women and marginalized people, including an external review commissioned by the Saskatoon Health Region and two Canadian Senate reports.
OBJECTIVES:
1) Identify Canadian government- and healthcare institution-led and commissioned reports focused on reproductive coercion published from 2015-2025; and 2) Document the progress on these recommendations and Calls to Action (hereafter recommendations) according to publicly available information and analyze what aspects are likely contributing to whether, and how, they are being carried forward.
METHODS:
Guided by anti-colonial intersectionality and Indigenous feminisms, we reviewed academic literature, media, institutional reports and websites.
RESULTS:
Our analysis demonstrated that alongside the growth in community and public conversations, there have been some government and institutional actions, for instance, the federal government funding an Indigenous survivor-led organization that provides support and holds a registry of survivors. However, many recommendations have been carried forward in limited ways, or not carried forward at all. Many such recommendations require action across levels and sectors of governments, and other public institutions.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is integral for Indigenous communities, marginalized communities, midwives and allies to hold governments and institutions accountable to these reports’ recommendations.
KEY MESSAGE:
While the growth in public and institutional attention to forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and marginalized people is promising, we ask for the international midwifery community to pressure the Canadian government and institutions to carry forward these recommendations to address forced and coerced sterilization. Poster session 4 (Group B)
In late 2015 and early 2016, First Nations and Métis women shared their experiences about being coerced or forced to have a tubal ligation at the Royal University Hospital in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. These accounts, and related news coverage, instigated institutional, government and public conversations across Canada about coerced and forced sterilization of Indigenous (First Nations, Inuit and Métis) women and marginalized people, including an external review commissioned by the Saskatoon Health Region and two Canadian Senate reports.
OBJECTIVES:
1) Identify Canadian government- and healthcare institution-led and commissioned reports focused on reproductive coercion published from 2015-2025; and 2) Document the progress on these recommendations and Calls to Action (hereafter recommendations) according to publicly available information and analyze what aspects are likely contributing to whether, and how, they are being carried forward.
METHODS:
Guided by anti-colonial intersectionality and Indigenous feminisms, we reviewed academic literature, media, institutional reports and websites.
RESULTS:
Our analysis demonstrated that alongside the growth in community and public conversations, there have been some government and institutional actions, for instance, the federal government funding an Indigenous survivor-led organization that provides support and holds a registry of survivors. However, many recommendations have been carried forward in limited ways, or not carried forward at all. Many such recommendations require action across levels and sectors of governments, and other public institutions.
CONCLUSIONS:
It is integral for Indigenous communities, marginalized communities, midwives and allies to hold governments and institutions accountable to these reports’ recommendations.
KEY MESSAGE:
While the growth in public and institutional attention to forced and coerced sterilization of Indigenous women and marginalized people is promising, we ask for the international midwifery community to pressure the Canadian government and institutions to carry forward these recommendations to address forced and coerced sterilization. Poster session 4 (Group B)
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