California Owes Reparations To Victims Of Forced Race & Intellectual-Based Sterilization, Study Finds

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Historians want to mobilize reparation efforts for California sterilization victims who suffered under a government mandated program in the early 1900’s. A new American Journal of Public Health report titled, “California’s Sterilization Survivors: An Estimate and Call for Redress,” examines the scope of the state’s sterilization recommendations. Sterilization was an option spurred by eugenics–a controversial practice aimed…

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