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Thursday, June 23, 2011

Victims of US sterilisation get apology

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.