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At least 830 people were forcibly sterilized at state institutions. Now one Utah agency is looking for survivors.

University of Utah researchers estimate 54 victims may still be alive as forced sterilization laws are still in place.

(Courtesy the Utah State Historical Society) A 1942 image of the Utah State Training School in American Fork, where the majority of the eugenic sterilizations in Utah took place.

(Courtesy the Utah State Historical Society) A 1942 image of the Utah State Training School in American Fork, where the majority of the eugenic sterilizations in Utah took place.