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One victim was sterilized for allegedly cheating on her husband; another, a Black incarcerated man, for being an “accused homosexual.” There were more than 800.

North Carolina banned forced sterilization in response to the outcry over its shameful eugenics program. But disabled people still don’t have full autonomy over their reproductive rights.

Some laws passed as recently as 2019, according to a new report about this overlooked aspect of reproductive justice.