Moving forward from past reproductive injustices
OPINION - We’ve seen how people, organizations and events have shaped who we are as African-American women...
No money for forced sterilization victims in NC
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina forcibly sterilized about 7,600 people whom it deemed 'feeble-minded' or otherwise undesirable..
Black Georgia rep proposes male sterilization bill
The proposed law, put forward by Rep. Yasmin Neal (D), would ban the practice of male sterilization except in cases where a man faces serious health risks without one...
NC: Sterilized victims may get $50,000 each
RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) - If the estimate is correct, the payments could total around $100 million...
Victims speak out about NC sterilization program
VIDEO - North Carolina was one of 31 states to have a government run eugenics program. By the 1960s, tens of thousands of Americans were sterilized as a result of these programs...
Eugenics victim, son fighting together for justice
WINFALL, N.C. (AP) - Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina sterilized more than 7,600 individuals in the name of "improving" the state's human stock...
NC works on compensation for sterilization victims
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - North Carolina is one of about a half dozen states to apologize for past eugenics programs, but it is alone in trying to put together a plan to compensate victims...
NC forced sterilization victims voice grief, pain
RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) -- There is nothing the state of North Carolina can do, Elaine Riddick says, to make up for forcing her to be sterilized when she was 14 years old...
North Carolina grapples with sterilization legacy
RALEIGH, NC (AP) - Next week, victims and their relatives will tell their stories to a state task force considering compensation to victims of sterilizations that continued into 1974...
