Unfortunately involuntary sterilizations were happening more recently than 80 years ago too. Virginia's compulsory sterilization law was repealed in 1974[1].

Unfortunately involuntary sterilizations were happening more recently than 80 years ago too. Virginia's compulsory sterilization law was repealed in 1974[1]. Oregon performed its last compulsory sterilization in 1981[2]. Japan didn't abolish compulsory sterilization until 1996[3]. There are reports that detained immigrants were involuntarily sterilized in 2020 in the US[2]. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#Compulsory_sterilization https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eugenics_in_the_United_States#... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization#United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compulsory_sterilization#Unite... [3] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952537/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3952537/