In short, no, these women, as well as Indian women had no idea what was being done to them. They were just handed a piece of paper, told to sign it to receive treatment (sometimes under coercion), and then operated on. I study this kind of stuff for a living, so I know of what I speak...
I do not doubt that there have been programs that deceived and/or forced sterilization. However, do you have information that shows this to be so in the specific case in this article - keeping in mind Ms. English herself acknowledges that she volunteered, knew it was an operation, and knew it would make her unable to get pregnant?
Any other program you can cite, while tragic and wrong, is entirely irrelevant to Ms. English's case.
NO, she DID NOT know that she was being sterilized.