No Mas Bebes is a story of Mexican-American female fighting for justice after being sterilized against their will. Mexican immigrant mothers sued doctors, the state, and the United States government after they were sterilized. More specifically, the mothers were forced into tubal ligation by doctors. Since many of these mothers did not speak English, most procedure was performed after asking the mothers under coercion. These mothers did not speak out their story for a long period time, but ultimately rose by a young Chicana lawyer who was armed with secretly gathered hospital records. Their landmark 1975 civil rights lawsuit, Madrigal v. Quiligan, contended that a woman’s right to bear a child is guaranteed under the Supreme Court decision
