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When Sterilization Was Dogma: Why the Eugenics Movement is Relevant Today

Robert Graboyes on groupthink in public health

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Ted Balaker
Jun 06, 2023
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From a 1913 Oregon newspaper clipping. Learn more about “Better Babies” contests below.

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They were forced to undergo hysterectomies. Their tubes were tied and they were given vasectomies, sometimes without anesthesia.

They …

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