The Practice of Forced Sterilization, Mostly of Poor Minorities, Was

question 16

Multiple Choice

The practice of forced sterilization, mostly of poor minorities, was abandoned:

• A)in the 1920s
• B)in the 1930s
• C)between the 1940s and the 1960s
• D)in the 1970s and 1980s

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