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Here's the thing about the hysterectomies, though--all those procedures were done by one doctor, who has been charged and convicted in the past with performing unnecessary procedures (including hysterectomies, and on white women) for the Medicaid payments. The guy's evil, and I think there's something to be said for the state having higher standards than hiring the guy who can't get work in private practice anymore--but he wasn't instructed by the state to sterilize the folks in his care. If anything, the state would rather let them die of whatever small thing brought them into the obgyn clinic in the first place, because it's cheaper. And the guy would rather do the most extreme solution, because it's more expensive. This one's all about money and nothing more, IMHO.
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