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The sterilization of Carrie Buck
By Smith, J. Clinton & Nelson, K. Ray
- ISBN
- 978-0-88282-045-3
- Publisher
- Far Hills, N.J. : New Horizon Press, 1989.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on August 1, 1989
"Three generations of imbeciles'' were "enough'' for Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes to establish in the 1927 case of Buck v. Bell the constitutionality of sterilizing imbeciles. This decision was later used by the Nazis to justify their racial exterminations and is still on the books in this country today. The authors document...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
