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A perimeter fence is constructed around what is officially known as a vocational skills education centre in Dabancheng in Xinjiang Uighur Autonomous Region, China September 4, 2018. Photo by Thomas Peter/REUTERS

World Jun 29

AP report: China stifling Uighur births with IUDs, abortion, sterilization

By Associated Press

World Feb 17

Britain's Prime Minister Boris Johnson arrives at Downing Street in London, Britain February 13, 2020. Photo by Toby Melville/REUTERS
British government adviser quits amid furor over comments on IQ, race

An adviser to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has resigned amid fierce criticism of his past comments linking intelligence to race and suggesting contraception should be made compulsory to avoid "a permanent underclass."…

By Jill Lawless, Associated Press

Health Mar 23

Postcard of the Napa State Hospital in Napa, Calif., circa 1905. Over 1,900 Californians were recommended for sterilization while patients here. Postcard via The collection of Alex Wellerstein
Analysis: California’s forced sterilization programs once harmed thousands, especially Latinas

In the first half of the 20th century, approximately 60,000 people were sterilized under U.S. eugenics programs. California led the nation in this effort at social engineering.

By Nicole L. Novak and Natalie Lira, The Conversation

Nation Feb 16

A sign that reads "Stop" placed near a barb wire is seen at the concentration camp during a ceremony marking the 68th anniversary of the liberation of the Auschwitz by Soviet troops and to remember the victims of the Holocaust, in Auschwitz Birkenau January 27, 2013 . REUTERS/Peter Andrews (POLAND - Tags: POLITICS ANNIVERSARY) - GM1E91R1KD201
Column: The false, racist theory of eugenics once ruled science. Let’s never let that happen again

Sir Francis Galton, who first coined the idea of eugenics, was born on this day in 1822. We come today not to praise Galton but to bury him along with his faulty and dangerous pseudoscience.

By Dr. Howard Markel

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