Relf sisters

Relf sisters

African-American sisters involuntarily sterilized in 1973

📍 Montgomery, Alabama USA

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Minnie Lee and Mary Alice Relf are two African-American sisters who were involuntarily sterilized by tubal ligation by a federally funded family planning clinic in Montgomery, Alabama in 1973. News coverage of a class-action lawsuit filed by the Southern Poverty Law Center brought U.S. government-funded sterilization abuse to the national spotlight.

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