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Virginia becomes first state to formally apologize for forced sterilization.
Date: 2002
Sterilization
Eugenics movement
Disability criminalization, rights, and justice
The apology is issued on the 75th anniversary of Buck v. Bell, which is the case that legalized the forced sterilization of people with disabilities in state institutions.