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The idea of involuntary sterilization upsets me. I guess I can sort of understand how people would not want the mentally disabled to have children, especially those that were poor. It seems that people didn't want to have to pay for the poor and if there were even more poor, especially children whose parents couldn't even take care of themselves let alone a child. Mentally disabled poor caused problems for society and I can see how a portion could want to prevent these people from having children. At the same time a doctor sterilizing someone without their permission is really wrong. -- Kellye S | The idea of involuntary sterilization upsets me. I guess I can sort of understand how people would not want the mentally disabled to have children, especially those that were poor. It seems that people didn't want to have to pay for the poor and if there were even more poor, especially children whose parents couldn't even take care of themselves let alone a child. Mentally disabled poor caused problems for society and I can see how a portion could want to prevent these people from having children. At the same time a doctor sterilizing someone without their permission is really wrong. -- Kellye S | ||
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| + | I have to agree with Kelly about the section on sterilization. I was appalled to learn how many men and women, particularly minority groups such as Native Americans and African Americans, were sterilized against their will and frequently without their consent or prior knowledge. Not only does this illustrate discrimination but it really shows how much people, particularly doctors, really believed that by making these individuals infertile, society would be improved. Its unfortunate that they did not put more time and attention towards improving their environments instead of removing their fertility. It also surprised me that eugenics and sterilization remained so prevalent event after Hitler's mass sterilizations in Germany. I would think that that would have halted such acts in the United States. --Sarah Gardner | ||
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