North Carolina Eugenics Victims Not Giving Up

North Carolina was poised to become the first state to compensate people who had been sterilized against their will under decades of eugenics laws. More than half of states had forced sterilization laws, but North Carolina's were particularly aggressive.

John Railey of the Winston-Salem Journal
says the eugenics program in
North Carolina "was always
hiding in plain sight."

Enlarge Julie Rose for NPR John Railey of the Winston-Salem Journal says the eugenics program in North Carolina "was always hiding in plain sight."

A bill to pay the victims nearly passed in recent months. But "nearly" isn't enough for the victims who risked their reputations to go public with their stories.
Now they — and their advocates — wonder what comes next.