Marlee Matlin
Carrie Buck
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Oct 5, 1994 · 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.
The story of Carrie Buck's sterilization and subsequent court case was made into a television drama in 1994, Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story with actress Marlee Matlin portraying Buck as an intellectually disabled woman.
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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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.
In 1924, a law student (Melissa Gilbert) tries to stop the forced sterilization of a woman (Marlee Matlin) classified as "feebleminded." Dr. Kent: Pat...
Against Her Will: The Carrie Buck Story. In 1924, a law student (Melissa Gilbert) tries to stop the forced sterilization of a woman (Marlee Matlin) classified as "feebleminded." Dr....
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.
