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| Region | North Dakota |
| Issue | Homosexual activity |
| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | 1973 |
| Description | North Dakota enacted a sterilization law for people who were "sexual deviants, perverts". Such law required no previous action, but right to sterilize based upon status alone. The law was repealed in 1965, S.L 1973 ch. 117. |
| Sources | Laws of Dakota 1862, page 165, ch. IX, §47, enacted Apr. 28, 1862 Laws of North Dakota 1903, page 285, ch. 206, enacted Mar. 13, 1903 Laws of North Dakota 1973, ch. 117 http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/north_dakota.htm#fn48 |
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| Status | Illegal (imprisonment as punishment) |
| Start Date | (unknown) |
| End Date | 1973 |
| Description | North Dakota enacted a sterilization law for people who were "sexual deviants, perverts". Such law required no previous action, but right to sterilize based upon status alone. The law was repealed in 1965, S.L 1973 ch. 117. |
| Sources | Laws of Dakota 1862, page 165, ch. IX, §47, enacted Apr. 28, 1862 Laws of North Dakota 1903, page 285, ch. 206, enacted Mar. 13, 1903 Laws of North Dakota 1973, ch. 117 http://www.glapn.org/sodomylaws/sensibilities/north_dakota.htm#fn48 |