Rock Center   |  November 07, 2011

State of Shame: North Carolina woman one of thousands sterilized

Elaine Riddick was 13 years old when she got pregnant after being raped by a neighbor in Winfall, N.C., in 1967. The state ordered that immediately after giving birth, she should be sterilized. Riddick is one of thousands sterilized by the North Carolina's now shuttered eugenics program.  Dr. Nancy Snyderman reports.

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