| Commonwealth of Puerto Rico Estado Libre Asociado de Puerto Rico Boriken | |
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| Area | |
• Total | 9,104 km² |
| Population | |
• 2020 census | 3,285,874 |
Puerto Rico ('Rich port' in Spanish) is a U.S. colony in the Caribbean.
History
Puerto Rico was conquered by the United States in 1898 after the Spanish–American War.[1] A 1965 survey of Puerto Rican mothers aged 20–49 found that one-third of them had been sterilized, although many thought the procedure was reversible.[2]
References
- ↑ Central Intelligence Agency (2022). Puerto Rico: 'Introduction; Background'. The World Factbook.
- ↑ Kathryn Krase (2014-10-01). "The History of Forced Sterilization in the United States" Our Bodies Our Selves. Retrieved 2022-03-11.