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RALEIGH A bill has been filed in the State House that would compensate victims of North Carolina's former eugenics program. <\/p>\n
Up until the 1970's, victims of the program were forcibly sterilized and some state leaders believe that the state should offer a monetary reimbursement to the victims. A bill offering $50,000 per victim was approved by the House last year but died in the Senate. <\/p>\n
On the opening day of the 2013 legislative session House leaders put in a bill to make another attempt at this proposal. <\/p>\n
We believe we can convince the senators that it is a good idea. We are not facing a huge budget crunch this year, like we were last year, $3 billion dollar deficit. This needs to be done. This needs to be done sooner rather than later and might as well do it in 2013, said Rep. Paul Stam <\/p>\n
If the bill were approved by the full General Assembly, it would make North Carolina the first state to compensate eugenics victims. <\/p>\n
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