1.0 link 223791 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/01/rwanda-forced-sterilizati_n_223791.html Human Rights Watch (HRW) has issued a statement excoriating a draft bill in the Rwandan Parliament that would govern individuals' reproductive health with compulsory AIDS tests and forced sterilization for subjects deemed to be mentally disabled. According to HRW health and human rights director Joe Amon, "Compulsory HIV testing and forced sterilization are counterproductive to the Rwandan government's goal of improved reproductive health ... Provisions in the current bill that increase stigma, rely on coercion, and deny individuals their...

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