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1964 Forced sterilization policies in the US targeted minorities and those with disabilities – and lasted into the 21st century
1media/Screen Shot 2022-07-27 at 5.43.05 PM_thumb.png2022-07-28T00:49:37+00:00Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a4911https://theconversation.com/forced-sterilization-policies-in-the-us-targeted-minorities-and-those-with-disabilities-and-lasted-into-the-21st-century-143144plain2022-07-28T00:49:37+00:00In August 1964, the North Carolina Eugenics Board met to decide if a 20-year-old Black woman should be sterilized. Because her name was redacted from the records, we call her Bertha. She was a single mother with one child who lived at the segregated O'Berry Center for African American adults with intellectual disabilities in Goldsboro. According to the North Carolina Eugenics Board, Bertha had an IQ of 62 and exhibited “aggressive behavior and sexual promiscuity.” She had been orphaned as a child and had a limited education. Likely because of her “low IQ score,” the board determined she was not capable of rehabilitation. Instead the board recommended the “protection of sterilization” for Bertha, because she was “feebleminded” and deemed unable to “assume responsibility for herself” or her child. Without her input, Bertha’s guardian signed the sterilization form.1964Gina Leonf0ac362b4453e23ee8a94b1a49fbeeafde2a0a49
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