Advocates for people who were sterilized in Virginia under the misguided science of eugenics are seeking compensation for surviving victims in the upcoming session of the General Assembly, with more support than last year when legislators quashed their first attempt.

More than 8,000 Virginia residents lost the ability to have children, and at least half of those surgeries on women and men were performed in Madison Heights at what's now the Central Virginia Training Center.

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Va. lawmakers revive eugenics compensation bill