NC Kills Eugenics Compensation Plan

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For years, North Carolina has been wrestling with how to confront the terrible legacy of its state-sponsored eugenics program. With a victim compensation plan close to approval, the state was set to be in the vanguard of righting the past wrongs of forced sterilization programs across the country.

On Wednesday, the state Senate killed the plan.

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