The Virginian-Pilot 
                            THE VIRGINIAN-PILOT  
              Copyright (c) 1994, Landmark Communications, Inc.

DATE: Sunday, July 10, 1994                  TAG: 9407100297
SECTION: COMMENTARY               PAGE: J1   EDITION: FINAL 
SOURCE: BY MARY BISHOP, LANDMARK NEWS SERVICE
                                             LENGTH: Short :   20 lines

THEIR KIND WAS NOT WANTED FORCED STERILIZATION IN VIRGINIA FROM 1924 TO 1974, THOUSANDS OF VIRGINIANS WERE FORCIBLY STERILIZED UNDER A LAW AIMED AT CREATING GENETIC PURITY. RETARDED PEOPLE, EPILEPTICS, PETTY CRIMINALS AND SEXUALLY ACTIVE SINGLE WOMEN WERE AMONG THE VICTIMS.

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