Today in 2020, we learned that women at a Trump detention center in Georgia received forced hysterectomies. Detainees described what was happening as the government "experimenting with our bodies."

In September 2020, a whistleblower nurse at the Irwin County Detention Center in Georgia alleged that immigrant women detainees were subjected to a high number of hysterectomies without proper consent or medical justification. Multiple independent news outlets, including Democracy Now!, NPR, People Magazine, and BBC, reported on these claims, highlighting the disturbing nature of the allegations and the description by detainees of feeling like their bodies were being experimented on.

Advocacy groups and politicians drew parallels to forced sterilization and eugenics practices in U.S. History.

However, some later developments complicate the narrative: a doctor involved in these cases successfully sued NBC for defamation over false claims that he performed mass hysterectomies, indicating that some media coverage contained inaccuracies or exaggerations. Snopes also noted that much of the whistleblower complaint focused on general medical neglect and COVID-19 safety issues rather than confirmed mass forced hysterectomies.

Overall, while there is strong evidence supporting serious concerns about questionable hysterectomies and medical neglect at the facility, some specific claims about mass forced procedures have been legally challenged and corrected.