forced sterilization

No Money for Forced Sterilization Victims in NC - North Carolina lawmakers said last Wednesday the state couldn't afford to pay out $50,000 to victims of forced sterilizations. Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina forcibly sterilized about 7,600 people whom the state deemed "feeble-minded," many of which were poor Black women. (Photo: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Shawn Rocco, File)

Health Rewind: North Carolina to Pay $10 Million to Sterilization Victims

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No Money for Forced Sterilization Victims in NC - North Carolina lawmakers said last Wednesday the state couldn't afford to pay out $50,000 to victims of forced sterilizations. Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina forcibly sterilized about 7,600 people whom the state deemed "feeble-minded," many of which were poor Black women. (Photo: AP Photo/The News & Observer, Shawn Rocco, File)

No Money for Forced Sterilization Victims in N.C.

The state doesn't have the money to pay the victims.
06/22/2012