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Suit filed over alleged sterilization of two girls in Montgomery
Lonnie Relf sues on behalf of his daughters Minnie and Mary Alice alleging a nurse caused his illiterate wife to sign a consent form thinking the visit would provide shots. The next day June 13 the girls underwent tubal ligations at a local hospital leaving them sterile. The suit seeks 1 million dollars in damages and a court order to reverse the sterilizations. Defendants include the Montgomery Community Action Agency and its director, an unidentified surgeon, OEO officials, and others named in the filing.
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Montgomery
Ala
Lonnie Relf
U. S. District Court
Minnie
Mary Alice
Relf
Community Agency
Joseph E. Conklin
Orelia Dixon