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Oct 5, 1994 · With Marlee Matlin, Melissa Gilbert, Peter Frechette, Pat Hingle. Carrie Buck is an intellectually-disabled young woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after being declared mentally incompetent, therefore unable to raise her own child by herself.
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Carrie Buck was born in Charlottesville, Virginia, the first of three children born to Emma Buck; she also had a half-sister, Doris Buck, and a half-brother, Roy Smith. Little is known about Emma Buck except that she was poor and married to Frederick Buck, who abandoned her early in their marriage. Emma was committed to the Virginia State Colony fo...
Virginia's General Assembly passed the Eugenical Sterilization Act in 1924. According to American historian Paul A. Lombardo, politicians wrote the law to benefit a malpracticing doctor avoiding lawsuits from patients who had been the victims of forced sterilization. Eugenicists used Buck to legitimize this law in the 1927 Supreme Court case Buck v...
In order to ensure that the Buck family could not reproduce, her sister Doris was also sterilized without consent when she was hospitalized for appendicitis. She later married and she and her husband attempted to have children; she did not discover the reason for their lack of success until 1980. Buck was released shortly after her sterilization wa...
Paul A. Lombardo, a professor of law at Georgia State University, spent almost 25 years researching the Buck v. Bellcase. He searched through case records and the papers of the lawyers involved in the case. Lombardo eventually found Carrie Buck and was able to interview her shortly before her death. Lombardo has alleged that several people had manu...
The Relf Sisters, two African American sisters who were involuntarily sterilized in Montgomery, Alabama in 1973
Reilly, Philip R. (1987). "Involuntary Sterilization in the United States: A Surgical Solution". The Quarterly Review of Biology. 62 (2): 153–170. doi:10.1086/415404. PMC 1682199. PMID 3299450.Kühl, Stefan (1994). The Nazi Connection: Eugenics, American Racism, and German National Socialism. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-508260-9.Bruinius, Harry (2007). Better for All the World: The Secret History of Forced Sterilization and America's Quest for Racial Purity. New York: Vintage Books. ISBN 978-0-375-71305-7.Largent, Mark A (2008). Breeding Contempt: The History of Coerced Sterilization in the United States. New Brunswick: Rutgers University Press. ISBN 978-0-8135-4182-2.Carrie Buck at Find a GraveBiography at Encyclopedia Virginia1994. Location. North Carolina, USA. Technical Specs. Duration. 2h. TCM Emails. Sign Up. The true story of Carrie Buck, who becomes the test case for a landmark 1927 Supreme Court decision concerning the sterlization of mentally deficient women against their will.
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NR. Watchlist. Where to Watch. In 1924, a law student (Melissa Gilbert) tries to stop the forced sterilization of a woman (Marlee Matlin) classified as "feebleminded." Dr. Kent: Pat Hingle. Adam:...
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Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story. A law student (Melissa Gilbert) fights a 1927 Supreme Court decision to save a mother (Marlee Matlin) from sterilization.
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- Marlee Matlin, Melissa Gilbert, Pat Hingle
Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story. 1994. 2 hr 0 mins. Drama. NR. Watchlist. In 1924, a law student (Melissa Gilbert) tries to stop the forced sterilization of a woman (Marlee...
Oct 5, 1994 · Overview. Carrie Buck is a young intellectually disabled woman who is persuaded to fight against the courts for custody of her newborn daughter after it's taken from her since Carrie has been declared mentally incompetent to raise her baby by herself. John David Coles. Director. Brian L. Ross. Writer.
