Choice and Coercion: Birth Control, Sterilization, and Abortion in Public Health and Welfare

by Johanna Schoen

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In August 2003, North Carolina became the first U.S. state to offer restitution to victims of state-ordered sterilizations carried out by its eugenics program between 1929 and 1975. The decision was prompted largely by a series of articles in the Winston-Salem Journal. These stories were inspired in part by the research of Johanna Schoen, who was granted unique access to summaries of 7,500 case histories and the papers of the North Carolina...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:0807855855

ISBN13:9780807855850

Release Date:March 2005

Publisher:University of North Carolina Press

Length:352 Pages

Weight:1.20 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.1"

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Abortion & Birth Control Education & Reference Gender Studies Political Science Politics & Government Politics & Social Sciences Public Affairs & Policy Public Policy Social Policy Social Science

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