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The encyclopedia describes eugenics as now being "in disrepute,"<ref>[http://www.fwkc.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/e/e007001431f.html]</ref> although Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University has sought to remove the stigma from it.  Evolutionist and atheist [[Richard Dawkins]] has stated in one letter his wish that it no longer be banned from polite discussion.<ref>[http://www.sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.1031440.0.eugenics_may_not_be_bad.php]</ref>
 
The encyclopedia describes eugenics as now being "in disrepute,"<ref>[http://www.fwkc.com/encyclopedia/low/articles/e/e007001431f.html]</ref> although Professor Peter Singer of Princeton University has sought to remove the stigma from it.  Evolutionist and atheist [[Richard Dawkins]] has stated in one letter his wish that it no longer be banned from polite discussion.<ref>[http://www.sundayherald.com/life/people/display.var.1031440.0.eugenics_may_not_be_bad.php]</ref>
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In the early 1900s, many influential officials advocated Darwinism and eugenics.  Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes became a strong proponent.  So did many others in prominent government and academic positions.  Members of the British Eugenics Society, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation, are listed [http://www.africa2000.com/ENDX/eug_ij.htm).
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In the early 1900s, many influential officials advocated Darwinism and eugenics.  Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes became a strong proponent.  So did many others in prominent government and academic positions.  Members of the British Eugenics Society, including the International Planned Parenthood Federation, are listed.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/19990508143807/http://homepages.enterprise.net/eugenics/briteugen/index.html "British Eugenics Society"] (1997). Eugenics Watch.  May 8, 1999 archive retreived from Internet Archive on September 24, 2014.</ref>
    
==Eugenics in America==
 
==Eugenics in America==
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