sterilizations nationwide
Following the Supreme Court's decision, the floodgates of forced sterilization across the nation were opened. After the ruling, many states added new sterilization statues or modeled their already enacted law closely to Virginia's, leaving tens of thousands of personal liberties lost.
Orange: Under 100 sterilizations
Blue: 100-500
Green: 500-1000
Purple: 1,000-2,000
Red: Over 2,000
Blue: 100-500
Green: 500-1000
Purple: 1,000-2,000
Red: Over 2,000
nazi Influence
Six years after the released decision, Adolf Hitler's newly installed government applied the U.S's model statue to Germany. The German eugenics statue was the first step towards the Final Solution. Once the tragedies of Nazi atrocities came to attention, human rights movements were energized, seeking justice for the cruelties performed, but was Germany really responsible for beginning these acts of injustice?
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“It is possible to a large extent to prevent unhealthy and severely handicapped beings from coming into the world. I have studied with interest the laws of several American states concerning prevention of reproduction by people whose progeny would, in all, be of no value or be injurious to the racial stock."
- Statement by Adolf Hitler to fellow associate.