Talk:Eugenics and sterilization

Here is one of the granddaddy's of data on this topic: Archive on the American Eugenics Movement. Haven't myself seen a similar site for the British and German (etc) movements, their role in Nazi policies, and the post-War aftermath. David Hoffman 21:11, 13 May 2007 (CDT)

Thanks, David. Please feel free to be a co-author here, one of many-I hope. You may have noticed that I have been doing library research on a slew of human reproduction articles, in ths case- while searching for articles on vasectomy I came across some resources in the peer reviewed medical literature, and so I thought I would use them bystarting this article. I need to finish Sterilization (surgical) at least get it into some reasonable form, and that means writing about vasectomy and fallopian tube "tying" at a minimum. So, I am likely to contribute to this article with just the sources that I come across in research that -for now. When I can, I will take a look at those sites you suggest above. Rather an overwhelmingly mean and depressing topic, so I am going to have to do it in limited doses. Best, Nancy Sculerati 21:20, 13 May 2007 (CDT)

References

I cannot resist listing these references from the Journal of the Amercan Medical Society and similarly "responsible" publications from a different era. May we hope that we ourselves are not blind to the evil that can be carried out by ourselves, today,, even with good intentions.Nancy Sculerati 21:42, 13 May 2007 (CDT)

• Belfield WT. Race suicide for social parasites. JAMA 1908;50 55 6

• Ochsner AJ. Surgical treatment of habitual criminals. JAMA 1899;33 867 8

• Lydston GF. Sex mutilations in social therapeutics. NY Med 1912;95 677 85

• Sharp HC. Vasectomy as a means of preventing procreation in defectives. JAMA 1909;53 1897 902

• Popenoe P. The progress of eugenic sterilization. J Hered 1934;25 19 26