A Shameful Little Secret

A Shameful Little Secret
Eugenics



North Carolina confronts its history of forced sterilization.


By Rebecca Sinderbrand
Newsweek


March 28 issue - Elaine Riddick dreamed of motherhood. She and her
husband tried to conceive for months without luck, so they consulted a
doctor. The diagnosis was shocking: she had been sterilized four years
earlier without her knowledge.