Interviewee: Paul Lombardo. The forced sterilization of Carrie Buck.

This is the building where Carrie Buck was sterilized. She was brought here following the Supreme Court decision (Buck v. Bell), and in a very brief operation lasting less than one hour, her fallopian tubes were cut and she was made unable to bear children. The operation itself is relatively simple - she received some medication to make her asleep. When it was finished she was sent back to the cottage here at the colony where she lived.

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