Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit on behalf of Atikamekw women who assert they were involuntarily sterilized.
Two leading plaintiffs have filed the lawsuit on behalf of all Atikamekw First Nation women who claim they did not give consent to a procedure that impaired their fertility.
The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages from two doctors, referred to as R.M. and Y.B., as well as the estate of a third doctor, M.T., who allegedly violated the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and Quebec’s civil code.
The plaintiffs, identified as U.T. and M.X., also hold a local health authority partially responsible, yet unnamed.
The authorization, dated August 21, details that the lead plaintiffs assert they gave birth five times in the hospital and allegedly underwent tubal ligations without their full consent after their fifth births.
A university study released in late 2022 found 22 documented cases of forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec since 1980.
The allegations presented in the class-action lawsuit have not been proven in court.
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