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===Eugenics in America===
===Eugenics in America===
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Between 1907 and 1937, 32 American states passed eugenics laws requiring sterilization of citizens deemed to be misfits, such as the mentally infirm. Oliver Wendell Holmes and all but one conservative Democratic Justice upheld such laws in a Supreme Court decision that included Holmes' offensive statement that "three generations of imbeciles are enough." [[Buck v. Bell]], 274 U.S. 200, 207 (1927).<ref>United States Supreme Court (May 2, 1927). [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=274&invol=200 "Buck v. Bell"], 274 U.S. 200, 207. Retrieved from ''FindLaw'' on September 24, 2014.</ref> In fact, the third generation "imbecile" was very bright, but was declared by a eugenics "expert" as "supposed to be a mental defective," apparently without an examination.
Between 1907 and 1937, 32 American states passed eugenics laws requiring sterilization of citizens deemed to be misfits, such as the mentally infirm. Oliver Wendell Holmes and all but one conservative Democratic Justice upheld such laws in a Supreme Court decision that included Holmes' offensive statement that "three generations of imbeciles are enough." [[Buck v. Bell]], 274 U.S. 200, 207 (1927).<ref>United States Supreme Court (May 2, 1927). [http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=US&vol=274&invol=200 "Buck v. Bell"], 274 U.S. 200, 207. Retrieved from ''FindLaw'' on September 24, 2014.</ref> In fact, the third generation "imbecile" was very bright, but was declared by a eugenics "expert" as "supposed to be a mental defective," apparently without an examination.