eugenic

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“I didn't realize the extent to which a number of the past presidents and people who have been very well-respected in terms of their contributions to human genetics… believed in this eugenic ideology,” Tishkoff says.

From Science Magazine • Jan. 24, 2023

At least technically, America’s experimentation with eugenic sterilization culminated in the U.S.

From Slate • Sep. 15, 2020

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

From Washington Times • Feb. 17, 2020

“In all the years I knew him, he never talked about any eugenic or racial superiority,” said Jones. “He never even talked about a person’s race or their religion.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 9, 2016

Around the world, eugenic programs came to a shamefaced halt.

From "The Gene" by Siddhartha Mukherjee