In the 1960s & `70s, Los Angeles County Hospital performed tubal ligation procedures on a number of Mexican-American women without their knowledge. These little-known forced sterilizations led a number of these women to sue the doctors, the state, and the federal government. The film's producer Virginia Espino joins us to talk more about why she chose to document these women's stories in the documentary, "No Más Bebés," which recently screened on PBS (http://www.pbs.org/independentlens/films/no-mas-bebes/).
Espino will make an appearance at a screening of "No Más Bebés" on Wed. March 23 at 5 p.m., at the UTEP Union Cinema.
Aired March 19, 2016