Sunday, June 24, 2012

Forced sterlization: Time for compensation?



Tens of thousands were forcibly sterilized throughout the 20th century across the US as they were deemed "feeble minded" and "inappropriate candidates" for reproduction. In 1927, the Supreme Court upheld state statues permitting compulsory sterilization in the "Buck versus Bell" decision. The Supreme Court ruling, which Nazis at the Nuremberg trials cited in their defence, has never been expressly overturned.

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