the trampling of reproductive rights
“Can one measure the pain of a single dream unfulfilled, the hope of a defenseless woman snatched by public power in the name of ideology advanced to purify a race?” - Stephen Jay Gould, Science Historian
In the long run, the American eugenics movement left 60,000 men and women victimized by forced sterilization laws, influencing more inhumane acts globally. Considered unfit to reproduce merely by their flaws and mental state, the targeted minorities had their reproductive rights removed by surgeries, done against their will, through the 1970s. However sterilizations are still being practiced today, such as in California by doctors on prisoners. Overall, eugenics and sterilization laws left the government responsible for taking the natural rights
of those deemed less worthy to benefit others considered more worthy of protection. In addition, we are still left with the thought of whether society has moved on from this dark chapter, or if eugenics has taken on a new life.
of those deemed less worthy to benefit others considered more worthy of protection. In addition, we are still left with the thought of whether society has moved on from this dark chapter, or if eugenics has taken on a new life.