Several hundred aging survivors of North Carolinas eugenics program were double crossed by callous state senators who failed to pass overdue compensation for their forced sterilizations. Gov. Beverly Perdue and the House of Representatives signed off on a commissions recommendation that each living victim receive $50,000 Continue reading
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N.C. eugenics compensation out for now
Victims of North Carolinas former eugenics program will have to wait for compensation from the state. Continue reading
Republican Supported Bill Would Pay Eugenics Victims
Raleigh, NC– State legislators have filed a bill recommending that people forcibly sterilized decades ago in North Carolina get $50,000 each. If the legislation becomes law, North Carolina will become the first state to compensate victims of eugenics programs that ended the child-bearing abilities of people deemed undesirable. Continue reading
Author to discuss NC eugenics regime at Legislature
RALEIGH, N.C. An author who has studied state-sponsored sterilization programs that came before Nazi Germany adopted the practice is in North Carolina a month before lawmakers consider compensating victims Continue reading