Fannie Lou Hamer, a civil and voter rights activist, underwent an unwanted hysterectomy by a white doctor, barring her from having children.
Black women are two to three times more likely to require a hysterectomy to treat fibroids, and less likely to experience a regression of symptoms after menopause.
Supermodel Beverly Johnson says despite menopause coming on suddenly back in the '90s, the condition brought forth "a whole new beginning."
On Monday November 9, a federal jury found Javaid Perwaiz, 70, guilty on 52 counts related to health care fraud, as part of a multi million-dollar scheme to get over on insurance companies.
Dawn Wooten, a licensed nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center in Ocilla, Georgia, claims detainees have been subjected to non-consensual procedures as well as lack of proper care during the coronavirus.
Tamika Scott of Xscape went in for outpatient hysterectomy in January and wound up in the hospital for 12 days due to scary complications.