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Davis Sorry For Old Law

Published Mar 12, 2003 7:45 am : Updated Jan 31, 2009 4:47 pm

Governor Davis has apologized for a state law passed nearly a century ago that resulted in the involuntary sterilization of about 19,000 Californians. California joins a handful of states that have issued formal regrets regarding eugenics, a movement that eventually sterilized 60,000 mentally ill people in 32 states.

This post was last modified on 01/31/2009 4:47 pm