US State Compensates Victims of Forced Sterilsation

The US state of Virginia has agreed to pay compensation to the victims of a forced sterilisation programme.

Approximately 8,000 people were sterilised over several decades up until the 1970s.

Our US correspondent Kevin McAleese reports:

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