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[163] [better source needed] Some states still have forced sterilization laws in effect, such as Washington state. [needs update] [162] As of January 2011, discussions were under way regarding compensation for the victims of forced sterilization under the authorization of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina.
The first state to introduce a compulsory sterilization bill was Michigan in 1897 – although the proposed law failed to garner enough votes by legislators to be adopted, it did set the stage for other sterilization bills. [38] Eight years later, Pennsylvania's state legislators passed a sterilization bill that was vetoed by the governor. [39]
While sterilization laws have been repealed and new ones have been put in place to protect the bodily autonomy of people, there is still a major problem when it comes to the forced sterilization of women in the U.S. prison system. In California, it was found that over 100 women were unlawfully sterilized between the years of 2006 and 2010. [13]
The 2021-22 state budget package included funding $7.5 million for the California Forced or Involuntary Sterilization Compensation Program legislation, [25] to begin Jan. 1, 2022, administered by the California Victim Compensation Board (CalVCB), for survivors of state-sponsored sterilization 1909 through 1979 [26] and survivors of involuntary ...
The forced sterilization program engineered by the Nazis was partly inspired by California's. [ 2 ] In 1927, the Kaiser Wilhelm Institute for Anthropology ( KWIA ), an organization which concentrated on physical and social anthropology as well as human genetics, was founded in Berlin with significant financial support from the American ...
Doctors performed sterilizations without consent on more than 20,000 Californians between 1909 and 1979.
Forced sterilization, however, was much more common. By 1956, twenty-four states had laws providing for involuntary sterilization on their books. These states collectively reported having forcibly sterilized 59,000 people over the preceding 50 years.
In addition to the forced sterilizations at the time, more than 8,000 others were sterilized with consent, though likely under pressure, while nearly 60,000 women had abortions because of ...