Survivors of the state government’s forced-sterilization eugenics program deserve financial compensation. That’s the argument Daren Bakst laid out for attendees at today’s John Locke Foundation Shaftesbury Society luncheon.
Bakst offered policy prescriptions while Troy Kickler discussed the program’s history.
Click play below to hear Kickler explain why some people focus on the program’s impact in the 1960s, ignoring its broader implications.
Click play below to hear Bakst discuss how the eugenics program stood against the principles of a free society.
5:30 p.m. update: Watch the full 55:24 recording by clicking the play button below.
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