NO MÁS BEBÉS
If you're a corporate & for-profit, please reach out to outreach@gooddocs.net EMMY® Nominated | HIGHLY RECOMMENDED ★★★1/2 - Video Librarian | BEST DOCUMENTARY 2016 - Video Librarian Latina Studies • Reproductive Rights • Civil Rights • American History • Medical Ethics • Race & Ethnicity Date of Completion: 2015 | Run Time: 53 & 79 minutes | Language: English & Spanish with English subtitles | Captions: Yes | Includes: Transcript | Directors: Renee Tajima-Peña & Virginia Espino NO MÁS BEBÉS tells the story of Mexican immigrant mothers who sued doctors, the state, and the U.S. government after they were sterilized while giving birth at Los Angeles County General Hospital during the 1970s. Alongside an intrepid, 26-year-old Chicana lawyer and armed with hospital records secretly gathered by a whistle-blowing young doctor, these mothers stood up to powerful institutions in the name of justice. Their landmark 1975 civil rights lawsuit, Madrigal v. Quilligan, asse