Sterilization Victims Office Forwards 281 Claims To Industrial Commission For Compensation Print
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Monday, 12 May 2014 16:55

RALEIGH, (SGRToday.com) - Efforts to right the injustice imposed on nearly 7,600 North Carolinians who were sterilized against their will by the state are moving forward. 

 
On Monday, the Office for Justice of Sterilization Victims (Office) reported having received 442 claim forms from potential Eugenics Board sterilization victims as of May 1. Two hundred eighty one of those claim forms have been forwarded to the NC Industrial Commission to determine whether the claimants are eligible for compensation. 
 
The state believes nearly 7,600 people were sterilized and that roughly 3,000 are still alive.
 
The program officially operated well into the 1970s.
 
Last year, the Republican-led General Assembly passed Senate Bill 402. The bill, signed into law by Gov. Pat McCrory, appropriated $10 million in compensation to be divided equally amongst the total number of certified claimants.  
 
The deadline to apply for compensation is June 20, according to the stae Department of Administration's Office of Justice for Sterilization Victims, which oversees the program.
Last Updated on Monday, 12 May 2014 16:55