eugenics

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In spring 2021, the Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families and descendants who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies and practices that led to sterilizations.

From Seattle Times

“Names of pet animals are discouraged,” the guidelines note, and historical figures associated with “the slave trade, genocide or eugenics” are not acceptable.

From New York Times

Bell became a bellwether of the eugenics movement, which sought to eliminate "negative traits" through selective breeding.

From Salon

But to historians of eugenics, Spears’s ordeal sounds very familiar.

From Washington Post

The move follows the Legislature’s apology last spring to all Vermonters and their families and descendants who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies and practices that led to sterilizations.

From Seattle Times