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The Eugenics Board of North Carolina (EBNC) was a State Board of the state of North Carolina formed in July 1933 by the North Carolina State Legislature by the passage of House Bill 1013, entitled 'An Act to Amend Chapter 34 of the Public Laws of 1929 of North Carolina Relating to the Sterilization of Persons Mentally Defective'.〔 This Bill formally repealed a 1929 law,〔 which had been ruled as unconstitutional by the North Carolina Supreme Court earlier in the year. Over time, the scope of the Board's work broadened from a focus on pure eugenics to considering sterilization as a tool to combat poverty and welfare costs. Its original purpose was to oversee the practice of sterilization as it pertained to inmates or patients of public-funded institutions that were judged to be 'mentally defective or feeble-minded' by authorities. In contrast to other eugenics programs across the United States, the North Carolina Board enabled county departments of public welfare to petition for the sterilization of their clients.〔 The Board remained in operation until 1977. During its existence thousands of individuals were sterilized. In 1977 the N.C. General Assembly repealed the laws authorizing its existence,〔 though it would not be until 2003 that the involuntary sterilization laws that underpinned the Board's operations were repealed.〔 Today the Board's work is repudiated by people across the political, scientific and private spectrum. In 2013, North Carolina passed legislation to compensate those sterilized under the Board's jurisdiction.〔〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=Eugenics Asexualization and Sterilization Compensation Program, N.C.G.S. § 143B-426.50. )〕 ==Structure== The board was made up of five members:〔 * The Commissioner of Public Welfare of North Carolina. * The Secretary of the State Board of Health of North Carolina. * The Chief Medical Officer of "''An institute for the feebleminded or insane''" of the State of North Carolina not located in Raleigh. * The Chief Medical Officer of the State Hospital at Raleigh. * The Attorney General of the State of North Carolina. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Eugenics Board of North Carolina」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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