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California to Compensate People Forcibly Sterilized Under Eugenics

優生手術 強制不妊手術への賠償をカリフォルニアも開始

US News & World Report, By Reuters, July 13, 2021, at 3:02 p.m.

California to Compensate People Forcibly Sterilized Under Eugenics | U.S. News® | US News

ノース・カロライナ、バージニアに次いで3州目。
オバマ大統領が署名して立法された「優生保護法における特定の支払いの取り扱いに関する法」では、強制優生手術を受けた被害者に対する州の補償金を無税にするという扱いをしています。

Public Law No: 114-241 (10/07/2016)
(This measure has not been amended since it was passed by the Senate on November 30, 2015. The summary of that version is repeated here.)

Treatment of Certain Payments in Eugenics Compensation Act

(Sec. 2) This bill excludes payments made under a state eugenics compensation program from classification as income or resources for purposes of determining the eligibility of a recipient of such compensation for, or the amount of, any federal public benefit. The bill defines "state eugenics compensation program" as a state program for compensating individuals who were sterilized under the authority of the state.

Eugenics Board of North Carolina - Wikipedia
Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 - Wikipedia
Eugenics in California - Wikipedia