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Pamphlet for why these reproductive choices should be made in this way. it's such a reminder to me, such a stark example that sidewalk counseling is not medically or politically reasonable necessarily. >> there's a profound paternalism at work here. it's the idea that somebody has a right not just to speak -- you know, they can still speak 35 feet away. that's still first amendment expression. they have a right to come up to you, to be in your space, and they have to right to express their opinion about the contents of your uterus. that is a real expansion of those kinds of rights and the idea...

Uneducated. black. being mentally retarded. >> these people were dehumanized. they treated them like animals. they manipulated them into thinking it was the right thing to do. but it makes me sad not just for my aunt but all the victims that you would make a decision like that for sun else's life. >> joining me now is msnbc national reporter erin carmone. erin, help us to understand the history of the eugenics board in north carolina. >> well, eugenics spread across the country legitimized by the supreme court. in 1927 the buck versus belle decision said that if you could have mandatory evakt ...