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In 1927, the Supreme Court upheld a eugenic Virginia law that allowed for its agencies to sterilize certain people deemed “unfit” to reproduce, without trial. By 1956, half of states had such compulsory sterilization laws on the books.
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In 1927, the Supreme Court upheld a eugenic law passed by Virginia that allowed for, without trial, sterilization of people with “insanity, idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness, or epilepsy.” By 1956, half of states had compulsory sterilization laws on the books.
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