One day in history: involuntary sterilization and rewriting abortion law

Kathy E Gill
6 min readMay 3, 2022

On 02 May 1927, the Supreme Court legalized involuntary sterilization, a ruling that has never been challenged. On 02 May 2022, Politico released a draft Court opinion that would overturn the right to an abortion.

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On the 95th anniversary of the Supreme Court of the U.S. (SCOTUS) decision upholding the involuntary sterilization of a Virginia

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Kathy E Gill

Digital media educator, writer, speaker; sometimes public policy journalist; transplanted Southerner; teach newbies to ride motorcycles. #rabblerouser #pushy