Procreation Control Quotes
This dramatic quotation essentially argued that human sperm and egg cells were the property of and must be under the control of the society and not the individual. Although this fascist notion never had a majority in America, there were a substantial number of Americans who agreed with this position. This quote is also an excellent example of an ideological organizations adopting the names and rubric of science and trying to sell junk science to the nation,
There was a substantial movement to prevent mentally defective and people of low intelligence from being able to reproduce. Over 20 states, with the approval of the then Supreme Court performed forced state sterilizations. Of course the then definition of “degenerates” changed from state to state. A century later, American values changed so much that there is no state that would even consider involuntary sterilization and if they did, the Courts would hold it un-Constitutional.
