S-228Government of Canada
An Act to amend the Criminal Code (sterilization procedures)
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Makes it a criminal offence to sterilize someone without their fully-informed consent — a response to documented forced sterilizations of Indigenous women in Canadian hospitals as recently as the 2010s.
Legislative history
- First reading
First reading in the Senate.
- Second reading
Second reading in the Senate.
- Third reading
Third reading in the Senate.
- First reading
First reading in the House of Commons.
- Second reading
Second reading in the House of Commons.
Official source
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