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Control: Eugenics And The Corruption Of Science

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The US Story of Eugenics

The first state Indiana passed eugenics laws in 1907. 31 other states did over the course of the 20th century. Estimates are that somewhere like 80,000 women and men were sterilized against their will with one state being the most vigorous adopter. And there's law suits in Canada and California about the all women who've been sterilized without their knowledge in the last, in the 21st century.

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