What We Know About the Allegations of Forced Hysterectomies at an ICE Facility

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Whistleblower allegations of forced hysterectomies leave troubling questions and reveal a system ripe for abuse

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, “There was nothing in that complaint that made me think ‘Oh, wow, I’m surprised that would happen there’ — no. Everything tracks.”

“In the context of lax oversight and regulation of ICE’s medical care, it’s easy to see how easy it would be for a doctor to, perhaps, see patients who are approved for one thing and then, in the midst of the procedure, perhaps, bill for something else or add on different procedures,” Cho says. “It is quite easy to see how that would happen.”

The number of referrals that were allegedly made to this particular doctor for gynecological procedures raises red flags for lawyers familiar with Irwin because of how difficult they know it usually is to get any kind of medical attention. “One of my clients had an aneurysm, for example,” says Lorilei Williams, an attorney at SPLC. “And we can’t get any semblance of basic, bare minimum follow up that would protect his life and health.

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Keep camps going we seek freedom 1st

Why in the world did she not come forward after the first or second? Why wait until 'numerous' to take place? Why is she the only'nurse' that saw and discussed it to come forward?

nazi experiments

Lol, “What we know” more like what we will cherry pick it fuel the flames of hatred.

Yeah right gtfoh.

Civil rights lawyer “in Atlanta who represents three women previously detained at Irwin says he has knowledge of as many as 35 other detainees at the facility complained about gynecological care.”

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