Forced sterilization is illegal in California, but there's evidence that women inmates in two state prisons were pressured into being sterilized as recently as 2010. Did the operations prevent future health risks or help the state save money? Were they performed against the women's will? Also, LA's budget for summer school cut from $42 million to $1 million, and the last of two original navel orange trees is threatened by insects after 140 years.
On our rebroadcast of today's To the Point, the military's ouster of Egypt's first elected president has created a dangerous moment for an uneasy coalition trying to prevent violence and restore democracy.
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