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Legal and Ethical Issues Concerning Mandatory Sterilization

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In an argument that has gone on for decades, we are still forced to consider whether we as a society have a right to determine, if certain members of our society should, or should not be "allowed" to have children. Although the argument continues, there now seems to be a different set of legal and ethical reasons to support the same argument. This 5 page discussion will look at the reasoning of the past, as well as that that is given today. Bibliography lists 5 sources.

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different set of legal and ethical reasons to support the same argument. This discussion will look at the reasoning of the past, as well as that that is given today. Bibliography lists 5 sources. Bbmanstl.doc LEGAL AND ETHICAL ISSUES CONCERNING MANDATORY STERILIZATON Research compiled by B. Bryan Babcock August 2001 VISIT /aftersale.htm -- properly Introduction In an argument that has gone on for decades, we are still forced to consider whether we as a society have a right to determine, if certain members of our society should, or should not be "allowed" to have children. Although the argument continues, there now seems to be a different set of legal and ethical reasons to support the same argument. This discussion will look at the reasoning of the past, as well as that that is given today. Historical ethics According to Johansen (1998), "eugenics," was first used in 1883 by Sir Francis Galton, am Englishman, and cousin of Charles Darwin. Galton defined the word as "the use of genetics to improve the human race." It should be kept in mind that at this particular stage of the study of genetics, it was perceived that a way to improve the human race was to control the reproductive rights of "imbeciles, feeble-minded persons, moral imbeciles, and such inebriates, epileptics, deaf, and dumb, and blind persons." This early genetic theory was largely based on the biological traditions of breeding animals: one ...

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