Virginia to compensate victims of the compuls

Richmond: Virginia lawmakers have now decided to compensate the victims of the state's compulsory sterilization program. More than 8,000 Virginians had undergone vasectomy surgery between the years 1920 and 1970 as part of the state's movement to establish improvement in the genetic makeup of humankind. The officials intention was to prevent the defective births which they hoped to achieve by the compulsory sterilization program. Scientists have now discredited the bio-science as a flawed the...