On an October day in 1960, Rita Thompson went under sedation expecting to wake up with an incision. Instead she woke up with two. One was from the C-section the doctor performed to deliver her baby. The other was from where the doctor sterilized her so she could not have another. She and her father, Ed Thompson, had signed the consent papers. But Rita, who was 21 at the time, says she signed under a fog of medication while she was waiting to give birth at Charlotte Memorial Hospital. And she says her father signed the forms from his bed at the same hospital, where he was recovering from a stroke. A few close family members knew the story. But for 51 years, Rita never spoke out. Until now....
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