When this 22-year-old Honduran woman was pregnant and living with HIV, she says she was forced to sign a document agreeing to sterilization.In La Ceiba, a port city in northern Honduras, a 22-year-old woman sat with her head in her hands. After a few moments, she took a breath, and recounted the time two years ago when she was forcibly sterilized.
She was pregnant and knew that as someone living with HIV, she would have a C-section, because a surgical delivery reduces the risk of transmission. But she was shocked to be told by a doctor that she alsodisease. She wanted to have a large family and resisted, but said she was forced to sign a piece of paper agreeing to the procedure.
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