Legalised non-consensual sterilisation - eugenics put into practice before 1945, and the aftermath. Part 1: USA, Japan, Canada and Mexico.
Eur J Contracept Reprod Health Care
; 23(2): 121-129, 2018 Apr.
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| ID: mdl-29624082
ABSTRACT
In the late 19th century, eugenics, a pseudo-scientific doctrine based on an erroneous interpretation of the laws of heredity, swept across the industrialised world. Academics and other influential figures who promoted it convinced political stakeholders to enact laws authorising the sterilisation of people seen as 'social misfits'. The earliest sterilisation Act was enforced in Indiana, in 1907; most states in the USA followed suit and so did several countries, with dissimilar political regimes. The end of the Second World War saw the suspension of Nazi legislation in Germany, including that regulating coerced sterilisation. The year 1945 should have been the endpoint of these inhuman practices but, in the early post-war period, the existing sterilisation Acts were suspended solely in Germany and Austria. Only much later did certain countries concerned - not Japan so far - officially acknowledge the human rights violations committed, issue apologies and develop reparation schemes for the victims' benefit.
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Coleções:
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Base de dados:
MEDLINE
Assunto principal:
Esterilização Involuntária
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Direitos Sexuais e Reprodutivos
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Eugenia (Ciência)
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Consentimento Livre e Esclarecido
Tipo de estudo:
Prognostic_studies
Limite:
Female
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Humans
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Male
País/Região como assunto:
Asia
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Europa
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Mexico
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
2018
Tipo de documento:
Article