Wall Street Journal Examines How No-Pregnancy Orders Reflect Previous Forced-Sterilization Projects

The Wall Street Journal on Thursday examined how a "scatter[ing]" of no-pregnancy orders in state courts is reflective of state laws in the first half of the 20th century, which included forced sterilization of women "deemed unfit for motherhood." Few judges have issued rulings ordering women not to become pregnant in recent years, and such orders often are overturned on appeal.