Lombardo Urges Georgia Legislature to Apologize for Forced Sterilizations
February 7, 2007
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| Professor Paul Lombardo |
College of Law Professor Paul Lombardo provides further enlightenment on eugenics in this Sunday front page Atlanta Journal Constitution article, which ties in with the professor's recent request of the Georgia legislature to formally apologize for the state's forced sterilizations between 1937-70.
Professor Lombardo has encouraged the introduction of the resolution for the apology, an effort he also pushed for successfully in Virginia and California. The Georgia House last week introduced the resolution that expresses "profound regret" for the approximately 3,300 sterilizations that occurred while the state's law was in effect. The resolution has been assigned to the Health and Human Services Committee.
Click here for a detailed story on forced sterilization in Georgia that appeared in the Atlanta Journal-Constitution Feb. 4.
Other related articles quoting Professor Lombardo on this topic can be found at the following Web sites:
- Apology asked for sterilizations state required 02/02/07 AJC
- Georgia may apologize for sterilization 02/02/07 USA Today
- Apology: The right thing to do 02/05/07 Macon Telegraph
- I apologize for… 02/05/07 AJC - Wooten
- Responses to "Involuntary sterilization in Georgia: Why did it happen?" 02/06/07 AJC
- Time to apologize for eugenics program 02/07/07 AJC - Tucker
- Sterilization apology hearing indefinite 02/07/07 - AJC