The United States Once Sterilized Tens of Thousands —Here’s How the Supreme Court Allowed It

The United States Once Sterilized Tens of Thousands —Here’s How the Supreme Court Allowed It

On the morning of October 19, 1927, the Commonwealth of Virginia sterilized Carrie Buck. Dr. John Bell whose name would forever be linked with Carrie’s in the Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell cut her open and removed a section from each of her Fallopian tubes. In his notes, Dr. Bell noted that “this was the first case operated on under the sterilization law.”

Kaiser Had No Right to Sterilize Mom, She Says

Kaiser Had No Right to Sterilize Mom, She Says

While she was in labor, under sedation and on her way to a C-section, Kaiser staff coerced a woman into signing a consent form for a tubal ligation, she and her fiancé allege in a civil rights complaint filed in Alameda County Superior Court.

Ex-judge in Mass. defends forced abortion ruling

Ex-judge in Mass. defends forced abortion ruling

A retired Massachusetts judge on Tuesday defended her decision to order a mentally ill woman to have an abortion and be sterilized against her wishes, and she blasted Boston University for rescinding a job offer after her ruling sparked controversy.

Judge calls ruling over sterilization ‘wrenching’

Judge calls ruling over sterilization ‘wrenching’

The newly retired judge whose parting order to sterilize a pregnant schizophrenic woman was overturned on appeal this week said yesterday she grappled with the case, while Gov. Deval Patrick, pressed on the matter yesterday, said he thinks she went too far.

Eugenics and Child Protective Services ~ Connecting the Dots.

Eugenics and Child Protective Services ~ Connecting the Dots.

During the years 1933-1977 The North Carolina Eugenics Board gave it’s social workers unlimited power to have any person sterilized in Its Eugenics program. It’s estimated over 7,600 victims in North Carolina alone included rape victims, child abuse survivors, children who were caught masturbating or having pre-marital sex, children of mothers on welfare, a children in state boarding schools, institutions, or care.

North Carolina Urges Sterilization Victims to Come Forward

North Carolina Urges Sterilization Victims to Come Forward

Lela Duncan was only 13 when she gave birth to a son in the Chapel Hill area of North Carolina. She said she was unaware why county officials had visited her mother within a year of her son's birth, or the duress under which her mother was forced to commit her to the home for wayward girls. While Duncan had committed no crime, she was carted off and held for years at the institution. Under North Carolina statute, Duncan was eligible to leave the home only after being surgically sterilized under a platform known as eugenic sterilization.