Reproductive Injustice: Black Women Speak Out Among 600 Patients Accusing Chesapeake Hospital Of Forced Sterilizations For Profit

Reproductive Injustice: Black Women Speak Out Among 600 Patients Accusing Chesapeake Hospital Of Forced Sterilizations For Profit

More than 600 women are now suing Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, alleging the hospital enabled a former doctor to perform hundreds of medically unnecessary and invasive gynecological surgeries, including hysterectomies and sterilizations, for financial gain. Source: Pressmaster / Getty According to court filings cited by WTKR News 3, the lawsuit is seeking more than $6 billion in damages and has grown by more than 100 plaintiffs since it wa…

Reproductive Injustice: Black Women Among 600 Patients Accusing Chesapeake Hospital Of Forced Sterilizations For Profit

More than 600 women are now suing Chesapeake Regional Medical Center, alleging the hospital enabled a former doctor to perform hundreds of medically unnecessary and invasive gynecological surgeries, including hysterectomies and sterilizations, for financial gain. Source: Pressmaster / Getty According to court filings cited by WTKR News 3, the lawsuit is seeking more than $6 billion in damages and has grown by more than 100 plaintiffs since it wa…

'I Do Not Have A Uterus'—Over 600 Women Sue Hospital After OB-GYN Performed Unnecessary C-Sections And Hysterectomies On Mostly Black Women

Source: The Washington Post / Getty According to a bombshell lawsuit obtained by Atlanta Black Star, more than 600 women are pursuing $6 billion in damages, claiming they were forced to undergo medically unnecessary procedures—such as C-sections and hysterectomies—at the hands of now-imprisoned OB/GYN Javaid Perwaiz over the course of nearly a decade. The legal action names a Virginia hospital along with multiple current and former top executive…