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Forced sterilisation

Netherlands compensates victims of forced sterilisation

Netherlands compensates victims of forced sterilisation

Dutch government compensates victims of forced surgery The Dutch government recently apologised to transsexual people who were forcibly sterilised in the past. The background for this is a law from the 1980s that forced transsexuals to take this step if they wanted their sexual orientation to be recognised. Accordingly, those affected could only... weiterlesen