California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations
By ADAM BEAMJuly 7, 2021 GMT
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California is poised to approve reparations of up to $25,000 to some of the thousands of people some as young as 13 who were sterilized decades ago because the government deemed them unfit to have children.
The payments will make California at least the third state following Virginia and North Carolina to compensate victims of the so-called eugenics movement that peaked in the 1930s. Supporters of the movement believed sterilizing people with mental illnesses, physical disabilities and other traits they deemed undesirable would improve the human race.
California to pay victims of forced, coerced sterilizations By ADAM BEAM, Associated Press
Published: July 7, 2021, 2:55pm
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3 Photos Stacy Cordova, whose aunt was a victim of California s forced sterilization program that began in 1909, holds a framed photo of her aunt Mary Franco, Monday, July 5, 2021, in Azusa, Calif. Franco was sterilized when she was 13 in 1934. Franco has since died, but Cordova has been advocating for reparations on her behalf. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong) Photo Gallery
SACRAMENTO, Calif. California is poised to approve reparations of up to $25,000 to some of the thousands of people some as young as 13 who were sterilized decades ago because the government deemed them unfit to have children.
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Jul 7, 2021
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) California is poised to approve reparations up to $25,000 to victims who were among the thousands of people some as young as 13 who decades ago were sterilized because state officials deemed them unfit to have children.
The payments, part of the state’s new $262.6 billion operating budget that is awaiting Gov. Gavin Newsom’s signature, will make California at least the third state after Virginia and North Carolina to pay victims of the so-called eugenics movement that peaked in the 1930s. Proponents believed sterilizing people with mental illnesses, physical disabilities and other so-called undesirable traits would improve the human race.