In 1883 a British biologist named Francis Galton combined the roots of the Greek words for "good" and "origin" to create the term "eugenics" for an applied science based on genetics and breeding. The ...

Just 100 years ago in the United States, eugenics was the law. From 1907 to 1931, Indiana, California, and 28 other states carried out the forced sterilization of more than 64,000 people who were ...

The name deriving from the Greek “eugenes,” meaning “well-born,” it should be no surprise that “eugenics” seeks to engineer a better human race by purposefully selecting good traits, and eliminating ...

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President Trump has alarmed Jewish leaders and others with remarks that appeared to endorse “racehorse theory” — the idea that selective breeding can improve a country’s performance, which American ...

Here are some headlines you might have seen in the last couple of years "How healing becomes killing: eugenics, euthanasia and extermination"; "Euthanasia in Canada means "eugenics is starting all ...

In a landmark action, North Carolina legislators have voted to spend $10 million to compensate men and women sterilized under the state’s 20th century eugenics program. After years of debate, the ...