Yes, Virginia, Your Reproductive Rights Are Compromised
By Alex Stern,
Huffington Post
| 02. 12. 2013
Like many states where political battles about reproductive rights are front and center, Virginia is a hotbed of legislative activity. Following last year's passage of a law that requires women seeking abortions to undergo ultrasounds (
which Democrats unsuccessfully attempted to repeal several weeks ago), two other bills related to women's reproductive health were introduced by committees last month.
The first
proposes reparations for victims of that state's eugenic sterilization policy. Verified victims who were sterilized at the hands of the state between 1924 and 1974 would each receive $50,000 compensation. Last year a nearly identical proposal was almost fulfilled in North Carolina, but
died due to eleventh hour budget wrangling, a disappointment that advocates have readdressed in the current legislative cycle. For the first time in United States history, reparations bills with proposed monetary compensation for people forcibly sterilized are making their way through two state legislatures.
The second bill introduced in Virginia's House seeks to end the 30 day waiting period for sterilization, a rule enforced for women with no biological or adopted children. The bill's...
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