AlJazeeraEnglish on 23 Jun 2011 -The US state of North Carolina has apologised to thousands of people who were forcibly sterilised under its eugenics program. Now victims have come forward to tell their stories to a state advisory panel, now considering how to compensate them. But money cannot heal the scars, say some.
Al Jazeera's Kristen Saloomey has more from the state capital, Raleigh.