“I would like to know what happened to me”: coerced and involuntary sterilisation of women seeking asylum in the USA

Elizabeth Singer, Anna E Blech, Kim A Baranowski, Nicholas J Buehler, Deirdre Stradone, Nuria Mendoza

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DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105245
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@article{allodium:10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105245,
  title = {“I would like to know what happened to me”: coerced and involuntary sterilisation of women seeking asylum in the USA},
  author = {Elizabeth Singer and Anna E Blech and Kim A Baranowski and Nicholas J Buehler and Deirdre Stradone and Nuria Mendoza},
  year = {2026},
  journal = {BMJ Open},
  doi = {10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105245},
  url = {https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105245}
}

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AU  - Deirdre Stradone
AU  - Nuria Mendoza
PY  - 2026
JO  - BMJ Open
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Singer, E., Blech, A. E., Baranowski, K. A., Buehler, N. J., Stradone, D., & Mendoza, N. (2026). “I would like to know what happened to me”: coerced and involuntary sterilisation of women seeking asylum in the USA. BMJ Open. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2025-105245

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