Gov. Bev Perdue should veto the state budget that passed the General Assembly today because it does not include money for victims of the state’s eugenics program.

Between 1929 and 1974, North Carolina forcibly sterilized about 7,600 people whom the state deemed “feeble-minded” or otherwise undesirable. Many were poor black women.

An effort to give each surviving victim of the eugenics program $50,000 fell short Wednesday when it failed to get consideration in the N.C. Senate after passing the House. The $10 million allocation is not in the final budget.

Tell Gov. Perdue to veto any budget that doesn’t include money for eugenics victims.

Contact Bev now:
Phone: (800) 662-7952 or (919) 733-2391
governor.office@nc.gov