Sterilization

Eugenics is a subject most people have never heard of. And those who do know don’t believe it is still practiced. Eugenics isn’t something new. This practice has been around for thousands of years. Everywhere from Greece, Germany, Scotland, and even the United States. What exactly is Eugenics? Eugenics is the practice of selective breeding and termination of other races or categorized undesirable people. Eugenics is a manmade selective process designed to speed up the process of natural…

“Dear Mr. Laughlin, It has been suggested by Professor Irving Fisher of Yale that I write you concerning a suggestion which I made to him that sometime during the International Birth Control Conference there be a round-table discussion between the Eugenics group and the friends of Birth Control… “ Margaret Sanger, Sanger Letter (E-1-1), Truman State Special Collections, March 13, 1925. The connection between American first wave feminism and the eugenics movement, at first glance seems unusual.…

who they are. Native American women would go into a health facility for a simple check-up, but when they come out, they no longer have the ability to bear a child. The procedure that doctors gave unwillingly to these women is known as sterilization. Female sterilization is when women can no longer become pregnant and this is possible by “blocking the fallopian tubes, that sperm cannot meet with and fertilize an egg” (Office of Population Affairs, 2016). Is it unjust for health facilities to…

Emily Oster said this “Prenatal testing is a complicated decision for many women, forcing us to confront concerns about a disabled child and risks of miscarriage.” What this tells us is any pregnant woman is susceptible to having a disabled child. In my paper. I will outline how prenatal screening is defined, the positive verses the negative outcomes, and the role of prenatal counselors. Prenatal testing is simply a set of medical tests performed on expectant mothers to determine if an unborn…

Sexual Racism can be seen in medicine starting in the 1900’s. In 1907, the first forced sterilization laws went into effect in Indiana (Rivard 1). These laws lasted for around 40 years, in which many of the “undesirable” populations were subject to forced sterilizations to “better the population”. Minorities and the poor where specifically targeted, especially Native women in America (Jarvenpa 18). It was not uncommon for a woman to go into a hospital to deliver a child, and to leave sterile.…

Eugenics! Oh what a great movement. In residential schools, us religious teachers are very strong believers in Christianity. We would like to make everyone believe in our faith and believe in god. God is someone whom we are very close to. One of our main plans in the residential schools is to bring in any aboriginal child and convert them to Christianity. We did not want them to learn about any other faith or culture. We believe Christianity is the most important religion. To prevent any…

Eugenics: Argument FOR by May Slaughter Human genome editing enhances humans with desirable traits, either known as positive or negative eugenics, possible. Eugenics was coined by Sir Francis Galton, cousin of Darwin, in 1883. 19th century Britain looked down upon anyone, of the lower class. They had planned on sterilizing all of the following: mental illness, alcoholism, criminality, chronic poverty, blindness, deafness, feeble-mindedness, and prostitutes. Along with Galton, Hitler has also…

The eugenics movement was time period that was intended to improve the genetic structure of humans. Eugenicists encouraged the selective breeding of the most “fit” humans to reach a perfect human race. Francis Galton established the philosophy of the eugenics movement in the 1880’s. Eugenicists used “scientific research” to trick people into thinking that what they were saying was true, even though the research was fake. Many wealthy, white Americans and Europeans supported the movement because…

In the beginning of the 20th century, the human mind was much more inclined to search for scientific answers to society’s problems by perfecting the human race by applying the laws of genetic heredity. In 1883, Sir Francis Galton, a respected British scientist, first used the term Eugenics, “the study of all agencies under human control which can improve or impair the racial quality of future generations.” He believed that the human race could help direct its future by selectively breeding…

or societal views, birth control, particularly through sterilization, was no easy task. However, several individuals found loopholes in the eugenics program, thus granting them access to birth control through sterilization. Unfortunately, those who did not pursue sterilization may have found themselves sterilized anyways, in what was called the eugenics movement. Essentially, the central idea focused on population control through sterilization of those whom were considered “undesirable”.…