The Curious Case of the Socialite Who Sterilized Her Daughter

Over a century of eugenics, only it has been rebranded;

There was something else about this case that raised eyebrows: the unconventional use of sterilization. Ann appeared to have been sterilized because of environmental rather than genetic defects; she was the product of bad parenting, rather than bad genes. Furthermore, the involuntary procedure occurred in a private practice, rather than in an institutional setting.

Ann was also wealthy, whereas the usual targets of sterilization (epileptic, intellectually disabled, and unemployed persons) were poor. If the court ruled in favor of Ann’s mother, these details could reinvigorate and redefine a flailing movement that embraced the practice of sterilization: eugenics.

The term “eugenics,” which translates to “well-born” from Greek, originated with English intellectual Sir Francis Galton. In his 1869 book Hereditary Genius, Galton drew on Gregor Mendel’s insights on the reproductive patterns of peas to advocate a selective breeding program among humans. Galton wanted to ensure that the characteristics he associated with the upper classes, such as superior intelligence, were passed down.

Galton’s theories significantly shaped policies in the United States, as Edwin Black’s volume, War Against the Weak: Eugenics and America’s Campaign to Create a Master Race, demonstrates. According to Black, the Englishman’s ideas inspired Charles Davenport, a prominent American biologist, to establish the Eugenics Record Office (ERO) at Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory in New York in 1910.

Gender reassignment is sterilization.

No one, has the right to determine who lives or dies.
That is Gods portfolio, we humans are not gods...

Society has not changed, it's only disguised as such.

a reply to: ADVISOR

US have a Forgotten history of forced sterilization, one more dark stage of what we as a nation can do to each other in the name of some kind of agenda tagged for the good of the nation.

Now mutilation in the name of sex change is the new way to bring back the agenda once again, mostly targeting males for some reason it was always targeting women, but now is males.

the usual targets of sterilization (epileptic, intellectually disabled, and unemployed persons) were poor

Birth rate in the UA would drop by 3/4 if these practices were revived today. Oh, wait.....

Chemical Toxicity and the Baby Bust

www.gmo.com...

a reply to: ADVISOR

Really funny! Ha Ha.
You gave the linked story a new title, Gender reassignment is sterilization.
When the story had nothing to do with gender reassignment.

Then you bring God (presumably Bible God) into it.

Observe George playing god.


We, the viewers, know that the Morlocks had their perfect eugenics program for Eloi as food. George didn't know that yet.

Do you propose that God of the Bible is the Master Eugenicist?

Matthew 13 NIV

The Parable of the Weeds

24Jesus told them another parable: “The kingdom of heaven is like a man who sowed good seed in his field. 25But while everyone was sleeping, his enemy came and sowed weeds among the wheat, and went away. 26When the wheat sprouted and formed heads, then the weeds also appeared.

27“The owner’s servants came to him and said, ‘Sir, didn’t you sow good seed in your field? Where then did the weeds come from?’

28“ ‘An enemy did this,’ he replied.

“The servants asked him, ‘Do you want us to go and pull them up?’

29“ ‘No,’ he answered, ‘because while you are pulling the weeds, you may uproot the wheat with them. 30Let both grow together until the harvest. At that time I will tell the harvesters: First collect the weeds and tie them in bundles to be burned; then gather the wheat and bring it into my barn.’ ”

Which is better? To be burned right away, or be stored in the barn, to be eaten later?
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But seriously, my own analogy to get to the point of the linked story and eugenics:

When I was a Christian, or at least thought that I was a Christian,
I asked myself the perennial existential question
"What is my purpose in life?"

The Bible answer seemed to be "to go make more Christians, biologically, and spiritually by preaching the gospel."

The question then became, "So am I merely a means to an end? Can I not live as an end product in its own right?"

I would suggest that people live as an end product if they so choose.

But yeah, sterilization without informed consent is bad, like asylum seekers and other immigrants being sterilized because "no anchor babies is good policy to prevent the poisoning of our blood."

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I thought the thread read "socialist".

Am disappointed.

Yup anyone who force sterilizes their child or person who didn’t consent should receive life sentences minimum but the death penalty in my opinion is more suiting.

People who choose to sterilize themselves more power to you and the more of you better. I am cranking out as many kids as I can in my life time and we will gladly replace you. Tie your tubes snip your nuts I don’t care. The more of you who believe this is a legitimate practice now the less of you my kids will have to deal with later.


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a reply to: Oldcarpy2

The tittle shows the case of a socialite name, Ann Cooper Hewitt, this girl was sterilized with her mother's consent and ended up suing her own mother.

This case was in the news for weeks, the reason it took the interest of the nation and the public was, because the way the mother use unconventional reasoning for having her daughter sterilized.

During this time in the US unconventional means and reasoning of sterilization were used widely with the poor and blacks, but this case was not a poor and black women, it was a socialite.

US have a history of this practices, way after this story happened, but in modern days it has taken another turn to achieve the same results under another name, Democrats seems to encourage sterilization in the name of gender rights.

a reply to: marg6043

US have a history of this practices, way after this story happened

Yep. Here's a link to the history: Not Just ICE: Forced Sterilization in the United States

a reply to: FullHeathen

Yes, it was widely practice, even my Island of Puerto Rico during 1930 to 1970, 30% of women of childbearing years were sterilized.

And today this practice is now called, gender reassignment.

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Galton wanted to ensure that the characteristics he associated with the upper classes, such as superior intelligence, were passed down.

i don't know about yall, but i found that the upper classes don't all possess superior intelligence. in fact a good many of them are self absorbed and dumber than a bag of rocks.

a reply to: marg6043

And today this practice is now called, gender reassignment.

Meaning: There are three genders make that four genders

1) Fertile Female
2) Potent Male
3) Non-producing, useless eaters

wait there is another

4) Cuck: Useful raisers of other people's offspring
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I still think that there is a place in life for other categories of people.