In 1907, Indiana became the first state to pass an involuntary sterilization law, empowering state institutions to sterilize, without consent, criminals and imbeciles whose condition was pronounced unimprovable by a panel of physicians.
Dorothy Roberts
In 1907, Indiana became the first state to pass an involuntary sterilization law, empowering state institutions to sterilize, without consent, criminals and imbeciles whose condition was pronounced unimprovable by a panel of physicians.