In 1927 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Virginia’s compulsory sterilization statute and the order to sterilize Carrie Buck.

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"In 1927 the U.S. Supreme Court upheld Virginia’s compulsory sterilization statute and the order to sterilize Carrie Buck."

The Court’s May 2, 1927 opinion reviewed and affirmed the Virginia judgment authorizing a salpingectomy to make Carrie Buck sterile.

Source title BUCK v. BELL, Superintendent of State Colony Epileptics and Feeble Minded.

Source authors Supreme Court of the United States

Source year 1927

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