EUGENICS TASK FORCE IN NC GIVES FORCED STERILIZATION VICTIMS $50,000
― Is $50,000 enough compensation for being forced into not having children anymore? Imagine being told (or not) that you are going to be sterilized as a condition of the welfare benefits you're receiving. ∙ Between 1924 and 1974, 33 states participated in a forced sterilization program that sought out the mentally challenged, criminals, people with low income, the uneducated, and people who were deemed unfit to have more children (which I guess would be all of the above). Out of those 33 [...].
