1924 Sterilization Act
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The 1924 Sterilization Act was a Virginia State law that allowed for the sterilization of people "afflicted with hereditary forms of insanity that are recurrent, idiocy, imbecility, feeble-mindedness or epilepsy."[1] The University of Virginia played a role in the research and advocacy that made the law possible.[2] Harvey E. Jordan and Ivey Foreman Lewis were key eugenicists at the university. Through their work, UVA and Virginia became a bastion for eugenics in the United States.
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References
- ↑ Web. Chapter 46B of the Code of Virginia § 1095h–m (1924), retrieved June 11, 2024.
- ↑ Web. Eugenics at the University of Virginia, retrieved June 11, 2024.