 They were non consensual sterilizations. These sterilizations came from the idea that Latinx folks are over-populating the US.
<meaning-changed>  They were non consensual sterilizations. These sterilizations came from the idea that Latinx folks are over-populating the US.
 Some women were forced into nonconsensual sterilizations, including as they were giving birth. Scholar Leo Chavez argues that these sterilizations came from the idea that Latinx folks are over-populating the US.