Czech Republic

Two women sterilized against their will have won large settlements in a court case in Prague that is seen as a first step toward securing justice for other victims of involuntary sterilization.

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Recently, the Czech Republic approved a bill that would extend abortion privileges and other health services to all European Union citizens.

The Roma people, also known as Gypsies or Romani, have historically been discriminated against and there is evidence that Roma women continue to be pressured and misled into coerced sterilization; now they are speaking out about this abuse.