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Monika Mitra, Director of the Lurie Institute, Interviewed for Mother Jones Magazine
Lurie Institute director Monika Mitra was interviewed for Julia Métraux's articles on eugenics, sterilization, and the pregnancy rights of disabled people.
“The narrative has to change,” Mitra said, “so that disabled people have the right to be pregnant, and the right to have children—and the right not to have children.”
Read "Forced Sterilization of Disabled People Isn't a Relic of the Past" and "Pregnancy Is a Minefield When You're Disabled."
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