April 4, 2003 Though no sterilizations had been recorded since 1973, and the Eugenics Board program had been abolished by the state legislature in 1977, North Carolina’s involuntary eugenics legislation was not formally repealed until April 4, 2003.

-Caroline Lyster

• Kaelber, L. (2011). Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States. Retrieved from http://www.uvm.edu/~lkaelber/eugenics/NC/NC.html.

• Governor’s Task Force to Determine the Method of Compensation for Victims of North Carolina’s Eugenics Board. (2011). Preliminary Report to the Governor of the State of North Carolina. Retrieved from http://www.sterilizationvictims.nc.gov/documents/preliminary_report.pdf.