Hope: Virginia Should 'Take Responsibility' for Forced Sterilizations
Democratic state delegate from Arlington says he will call for a task force to identify victims, make recommendations for reparations.
State Del. Patrick Hope said he will call for the creation of a task force during the 2013 legislative session to identify any surviving victims of state sterilization and begin the conversation about what can be done to make these people whole. Virginia sterilized an estimated 7,300 to 8,300 people under state law between 1924 and 1979, according to research by the University of Vermont. Men and women were forcibly sterilized after being deemed "feeble-minded" or promiscuous under the notion of eugenics, social-engineering designed to increase specific characteristics. Ten years ago, then-Gov. Mark Warner formally apologized for the acts. Hope, a Democrat whose district includes Arlington, said identifying the survivors of this process, …
Kristine
11:20 am on Wednesday, November 7, 2012
Oh, NO. I thought the local Delegates' 'social issues' agenda ended when Delegate Englin 'retired'. We need our local state roads paved like 5 years ago. more ›