Adolf Hitler Forced Sterilization Analysis

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Forced sterilization is primarily depicted negatively due to many ethical implications. I’d like to preface this by quoting Adolf Hitler, after 15 states had enacted similar sterilization laws to California; In his autobiography Mein Kampf published in 1925 where he advertised his ideology and Germanys future he wrote, “There is today one state, in which at least weak beginnings toward a better conception of citizenship are noticeable. Of course, it is not our model German Republic, but the United States (Mark G. Bold, 2015).” I believe many Americans today can largely come into a consensus that Hitler’s centrality in the Holocaust was devastating and seen as a negative event in history but isn’t it ironic that Hitler’s Reich implemented its own sterilization laws, practically the same to those in the United States yet we scowl at him, forgetting Americas own set of wrongs. Eugenics is pseudoscience based on racism. Better breeding, the overall selective reproduction of those who seem fit or of those who are considered ideal subjects is hard to come into terms considering individuals are too diverse and unpredictable. Basing eugenics preferences …show more content…

People living in poverty, ethnic minorities, the disabled, single mothers, and groups such as transgender and intersex are disproportionately particularly targeted (Ko, 2016). Which makes sense knowing those in power are predominantly white old men that claim forced sterilization is okay in order to save taxpayers welfare money and control population growth. It is argued that marginalized communities suffer from a lack of personal responsibility therefore shouldn’t have children to save them and the government from any more burdens. It is wrong to violate the fundamental constitutional right to reproductive autonomy knowing that all these people suffer from is a lack of support and

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