Against their will: North Carolina's Sterilisation Program

- The Winston-Salem Journal and Journalnow.com

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They were wives and daughters. Sisters. Unwed mothers. Children. Even a 10-year-old boy. Some were blind or mentally retarded. Toward the end they were mostly black and poor. North Carolina sterilized them all, more than 7,600 people.




For reasons I cannot fathom this story drew some pretty flippant remarks when Ultimate Jaburg posted it about a week ago. I can't help thinking that if a greater number of women posted here, then the topic would have been discussed more seriously. The final indignity came when it was moved to another forum.

As Eugenics programs were at one time widespread across the United States and also Canada and parts of Europe, it is a subject which bears discussion.