U.S. History of Eugenics Practice

33 states had eugenics programs that operated during the 20th century.

65,000 Americans were sterilized, often without their knowledge or consent, during this time; you could be sterilized if you were an alcoholic, on welfare, labeled “feeble-minded,” or dubbed promiscuous.

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