eugenic

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Today’s eugenic thought does deviate from the version that prevailed in the 1920s.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 9, 2025

And several past presidents supported voluntary and compulsory eugenic sterilizations at some point in their careers.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 24, 2023

There’s no sperm bank for Nobelists today, but all sperm banks are effectively eugenic sperm banks, carefully selecting for—and marketing—height, intelligence, and musicality.

From Slate • Apr. 25, 2020

“For those determined to miss the point, I deplore the idea of a eugenic policy,” he wrote.

From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2020

For a while, it seemed as if the future of eugenic sterilizations in America depended on the foggy impressions of a nurse who had been handed a cranky baby without toys.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee