The Supreme Court Ruling That Led To 70,000 Forced Sterilizations

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2017

In this 38 minute audio story, Adam Cohen discusses how 20th-century American eugenicists used forced sterilization to "breed out" traits considered undesirable, and how a Supreme Court ruling in 1927 led to 70,000 forced sterilizations.

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