A group of HIV-positive women in Kenya has taken legal action against the government, accusing it of arranging for them to be forcibly sterilised.
The five women are demanding compensation from the government and the non-governmental organisations they say carried out the sterilisations.
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Activists protested in the capital, Nairobi, to call for the practice to be banned, claiming it was widespread.
The government has not yet commented on their allegations.
One of the women, Teresia Otieno, told the BBC that she was sterilised without her consent.
"I went in for an operation to give birth to my first child. By the time I was leaving the operation the doctor told me I had been sterilised," Ms Otieno said.
The women are demanding financial compensation
The women marched from Nairobi's High Court to Uhuru Park with T-shirts bearing the words: "Enforced and coerced sterilization of women living with HIV".
Lawyer Allan Machele said the reproductive rights of the women had been breached, along with their right to dignity.
"When you sterilise women who are living with HIV, you have violated their rights," he added.
In 2012, a court in Namibia ruled that three HIV-positive women had been sterilised without their consent.
The case had been brought by three women who opted to have Caesarean deliveries to reduce the risk of passing the Aids virus to their babies.
Health officials had denied that the women had been forcibly sterilised.BBC
OMG how in heavens name can you sterilise someone without their consent?This is just all shades of wrong!
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DeleteDunno if its a good or bad thing. If its for the benefit of their unborn child, then I support it.
so wrong
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Jeez, sterilisation should be on the persons consent.
ReplyDeleteHow can you sterilise someone without their consent?
They are human beings for crying out loud, not a piece of object.
In Nijja it doesn't mean anything.
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ok...i don't know whether to say thier action is good or bad..
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No way!!!
ReplyDeleteIf true, dey should stand their ground, sue d hell out of d govt and be dully compensated.
ReplyDeleteWhat a breach of their fundamental human right.
Weird especially if its from the govt
ReplyDeleteSterilized? Just like that without the patients' consent? Totally wrong! They should sue all the sue-ables.
ReplyDeleteThis is Africa...anything and everything goes...
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ReplyDeleteI know about sterilizing hospital equipments but Pls how do you sterilize a human being? Na question I ask bcos I no knw. And I feel stella no knw too... U just dey write OMG make e no be like say! Abeg how dem take dey stabilize person?
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DeleteSinatra - in a lay man's terminology, these women will never be able to conceive again... permanent family planning and then some. And your question is very valid
DeleteMe too oh,dnt know wat it means to sterilise a human being.if nt for Uzochi's comment n google...lol
DeleteI know about sterilizing hospital equipments but Pls how do you sterilize a human being? Na question I ask bcos I no knw. And I feel stella no knw too... U just dey write OMG make e no be like say! Abeg how dem take dey stabilize person?
ReplyDeleteThey would have removed their womb.
DeleteDesire Don't answer if u have no idea. Remove womb kor..they simply tie their tubes.
DeleteIs alright!! Stella am tired of dis robot of a tin.......am not a robot naaaa
ReplyDeleteThis is very bad they should be sued
ReplyDeleteThat's the height of wickedness. ....man's inhumanity to man.
ReplyDeleteTheir living with HIV doesn't mean their rights shld be trampled on. They are still human beings and as such their consent shld be sought before decisions like dis shld be carried out. I seriously hope the govt has nothing to do with this.
ReplyDeletehmmm....how cn you sterilise a woman because she has HIV...hospitals are supposed to know better, worst part is they did it without their consent...imagine waking up after surgery, holding your baby and dreaming of having another one, only to be told you can't...#burnthathospitaltotheground...
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Yeah they need to be conpensated....
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They have no grounds to do such and their asses should be dragged to court! they have no rite to take such drastic step without permission. That`s just heartless
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ReplyDeleteSo wrong!!! Goes to show the level of awareness the government there has, even our local hospital know how to handle pregnant women Living with HIV to reduce/prevent Mother to child transmission, why sterilize them like animals? They should sue their asses and demand big money.
ReplyDeleteY do dat to them without their consent?I thought there were ways hiv patients can still give birth to healthy children?so y sterilize them?
ReplyDeleteWhat on earth is wrong with them? The people behind the sterilisation should be sued. Too bad!
ReplyDeleteFor the benefit of those who do not know and for those pretending they know. Sterilization is a permanent procedure to prevent pregnancy. It is usually done by blocking the fallopian tubes.
ReplyDeleteWith this short explanation,I m sure you have better understanding of the story.
Sterilized!!!!! Wait first is that like making someone sterile? I don't understand
ReplyDeleteSo sad. They should sue the hell out of thier government. There is prevention of mothers to child transmission(PMTCT). Following the correct medical procedures they can hav HIV free children
ReplyDeleteThis story is funny and at the same time annoying... Sterilization wouldn't reducation the spread....because these women will still meet with men sexually.... Even if they are,married their husbands may need more children and sleep out side their matrimonial home just to achieve that and that action may even further increase the incidence of the virus.....remember the men won't go in to labour so they can't be sterilized... Psst
ReplyDeleteIt's wrong on all levels