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In fact, the term "eugenics" was coined by Darwin's cousin, [[Francis Galton]].<ref>Multiple references:

In fact, the term "eugenics" was coined by Darwin's cousin, [[Francis Galton]].<ref>Multiple references:

*Cavanaugh-O'Keefe (2000).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20120204002402/http://www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap02.html "Chapter two: Francis Galton and the Eugenics Society"]. ''Roots of Racism and Abortion: An Exploration of Eugenics.''  Retrieved from February 4, 2012 archive of Eugenics Watch at Internet Archive on September 17, 2014.

*Cavanaugh-O'Keefe (2000).  [http://web.archive.org/web/20120204002402/http://www.eugenics-watch.com/roots/chap02.html "Chapter two: Francis Galton and the Eugenics Society"]. ''Roots of Racism and Abortion: An Exploration of Eugenics.''  Retrieved from February 4, 2012 archive of Eugenics Watch at Internet Archive on September 17, 2014.

*Francis Galton (1883). http://eugenics.us/francis-galton-coins-the-word-eugenics-as-the-science-of-better-breeding-men-brutes-and-plants-quote-of-the-day/344.htm "Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883), 24-25."  Retrieved August 11, 2015  from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref>

*Francis Galton (1883). [http://eugenics.us/francis-galton-coins-the-word-eugenics-as-the-science-of-better-breeding-men-brutes-and-plants-quote-of-the-day/344.htm ''Inquiries into Human Faculty and Its Development''] (London: Macmillan and Co., 1883), 24-25."  Retrieved August 11, 2015  from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref>

Defenders of Darwin, and Darwinism, often try to argue that Darwin, and Darwinism, have no logical connection to eugenics at all.  However, in a 1914 speech, Charles Darwin's son, Francis Darwin, wrote:  "In the first edition of the Descent of Man, 1874, [my father] distinctly gives his adherence to the eugenic idea by his assertion that many might by selection do something for the moral and physical qualities of the race." .<ref>Francis Darwin (1914).  http://eugenics.us/eugenics-is-darwinism-and-evolution-applied/144.htm "The Galton Lecture, as found in The Eugenics Review."  Retrieved August 11, 2015 from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref> He based his ideas on his cousin's work.

Defenders of Darwin, and Darwinism, often try to argue that Darwin, and Darwinism, have no logical connection to eugenics at all.  However, in a 1914 speech, Charles Darwin's son, Francis Darwin, wrote:  "In the first edition of ''The Descent of Man'', 1874, [my father] distinctly gives his adherence to the eugenic idea by his assertion that many might by selection do something for the moral and physical qualities of the race." .<ref>Francis Darwin (1914).  [http://eugenics.us/eugenics-is-darwinism-and-evolution-applied/144.htm "The Galton Lecture, as found in ''The Eugenics Review''."] Retrieved August 11, 2015 from http://www.eugenics.us.</ref> He based his ideas on his cousin's work.

Francis Darwin's clear statement that his father endorsed Galton's conception of eugenics is important, because many people try to distance Darwin from the taint of eugenics by pointing out that Darwin himself never advocated for it by name.  But Galton coined the word after Darwin's death, so naturally he wouldn't have used the word 'eugenics.'  Darwin's son can be expected to have understood his father's theory well enough to know whether or not his father's book, "The Descent of Man", 'gave adherence to the eugenic idea.'

Francis Darwin's clear statement that his father endorsed Galton's conception of eugenics is important, because many people try to distance Darwin from the taint of eugenics by pointing out that Darwin himself never advocated for it by name.  But Galton coined the word after Darwin's death, so naturally he wouldn't have used the word 'eugenics.'  Darwin's son can be expected to have understood his father's theory well enough to know whether or not his father's book, "The Descent of Man", 'gave adherence to the eugenic idea.'