In 1924 Virginia passed the “Eugenical Sterilization Act” which permitted  those “afflicted with hereditary forms of insanity that are recurrent, idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness or epilepsyâ€Â  to be sterilized by the state.  Between 1924 and 1979, the state sterilized 7,325 people and some believe the number to be…
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