Reality Decoded

Where did it start?

The state of Indiana was the first to pass a mandatory sterilization law in 1907.

Who was targeted?

  • Confirmed criminals
  • Idiots
  • Rapists
  • Imbeciles

idiot:
1: anidiotis someone who does foolish things.

imbecile:
1: a stupid person.

Where did it go from there?

Other states soon followed, with California having the highest number of sterilizations and North Carolina having the most aggressive since they gave social workers the power to designate people for sterilization.

Since women bore children, eugenicists held women more accountable than men for the reproduction of the less “desirable” members of society.

Poverty was added as a characteristic of “unfit” genes. Doctors told mothers that their daughters needed medical treatment, but they were actually sterilizing them.

  • Hispanic women were often sterilized due to the fact that they could not read the consent forms.
  • In 1972 at least 2,000 involuntary sterilizations had been performed on…

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