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The legislator who led the fight to get compensation for victims of North Carolina's sterilization program says he can't describe how he feels now that a bill has been filed in the state House to provide those benefits. <\/p>\n
Rep. Larry Womble says he's elated that legislators filed a bill Wednesday recommending that victims receive $50,000 in compensation. Womble is a Forsyth County Democrat who has led the fight for compensation for more than 10 years. <\/p>\n
But he's not at the Legislature to see the bill filed. Instead, he's at home in Winston-Salem, where he's recovering from injuries suffered in a car wreck in December that killed another man. Womble hopes to return this session. <\/p>\n
Womble signed the bill electronically from home. <\/p>\n
Womble says he's pleased the bill's sponsors include Democrats, Republicans, blacks, whites, men and women. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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