Calif. Senate Passes Bill Banning Prisoner Sterilizations

On Tuesday, the state Senate passed a bill (SB 1135) that bans the use of sterilization as a method of birth control for inmates. The bill came in response to an investigation by the Center for Investigative Reporting that found nearly 150 female inmates in the state were sterilized over a five-year period without proper approval.

• "California Senate Passes Bill To Ban Sterilizing Prison Inmates" (Rosenhall, "Capitol Alert," Sacramento Bee, 5/27).