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no_hypocrisy

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1. Don't forget that the infamous case of Buck v Bell is approaching its centennial.

Reply to lostincalifornia (Original post)

Thu Dec 18, 2025, 10:09 PM

Dec 2025

Yes, the case that went to the USSC that legitimized state-sponsored vasectomies and tubal ligations to ensure that the wrong people could not reproduce. You know, sterilize them. Against the wills of the victims. Without telling them what was happening.

And the case has not been overturned. It can be regenerated if, say, a state like Florida, wanted to bring it back.

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As dangerous eugenic ideas spread, NIH falls silent [View all] lostincalifornia Dec 2025 OP

Don't forget that the infamous case of Buck v Bell is approaching its centennial. no_hypocrisy Dec 2025 #1

I watched this documentary recently canetoad Dec 2025 #2