Victims Testify: North Carolina Forcibly Sterilized Thousands Of Poor, Uneducated, And Mentally Unstable People

A horrifying bit of history from the state of North Carolina, where thousands of poor and uneducated people were forcibly sterilized against their will in the state's spooky Eugenics program. Now, survivors are going public and the state is considering whether to compensate victims for suffering.
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2011/06/23/252208/victims-testify-north-carolina-forcibly-sterilized-thousands-of-poor-uneducated-and-mentally-unstable-people/