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Minji Kim Minji Kim (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of Miami School of Medicine

Minji is a second year medical student at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida class of 2023. In 2018, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience and studied biochemistry at University of Oxford. She enjoys spinning and playing with her cat. After graduating medical school, Minji would like to pursue a career in plastic surgery.




Forced Hysterectomies in ICE Detention Centers: A Continuation of Our Country’s Sordid History of Reproduction Control

Published by Minji Kim

This unrest reached a high point in September, when nurse Dawn Wooten filed a formal complaint against Dr. Mahendra Amin, a Georgia physician working at an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention center, who she claims performed mass hysterectomies on detained immigrant women without consent. While the country reacted in shock, the reality is that coerced sterilization against communities of color is not new. The United States has a shameful history of exploiting Black and brown women’s bodies as part of a larger objective for population control rooted in white supremacy — and the medical field is partly to blame.

Minji Kim Minji Kim (1 Posts)

Contributing Writer

University of Miami School of Medicine

Minji is a second year medical student at the University of Miami School of Medicine in Miami, Florida class of 2023. In 2018, she graduated from Johns Hopkins University with a Bachelor of Science in neuroscience and studied biochemistry at University of Oxford. She enjoys spinning and playing with her cat. After graduating medical school, Minji would like to pursue a career in plastic surgery.