Eugenics Flashcards
Madrigal v. Quilligan
Madrigal v. Quilligan was a federal class action lawsuit from Los Angeles County, California involving sterilization of Latina women that occurred either without informed consent, or through coercion. Although the judge ruled in favor of the doctors, the case led to better informed consent for patients, especially those who are not native English speakers. This was because an influx of Mexicans caused worries that it would put strain on the fiscal budget.
(First excerpt taken from wikipedia)
Eugenics
Eu meaning good, and genics meaning birth. Eugenics means purposefully only breeding or having kids with people that had good genes.
Hereditary Genius and Inquiries of the Human Faculties
By Francis Galton. Talked about how certain genes could be passed down through family, like criminal behavior, diseases, personalities. This introduced the term “eugenics.”
Buck v Bell
Buck v. Bell, 274 U.S. 200 (1927), is a decision of the United States Supreme Court, written by Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr., in which the Court ruled that a state statute permitting compulsory sterilization of the unfit, including the intellectually disabled, “for the protection and health of the state” did not violate the Due Process clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution. This was from the Unfit Radio Lab as the United States actually has a long past of eugenics and it was much more prevalent in culture in the 1920s.
(First Excerpt taken from wikipedia)
Bollinger Baby
Harry John Haiselden (March 16, 1870 – June 18, 1919) was the Chief Surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago in 1915 who refused to perform needed surgery for children born with severe birth defects and allowed the babies to die, in an act of eugenics. The baby was known as the “Bollinger Baby” who’s mother was Anna Bollinger.
(First Excerpt taken from wikipedia)
Phrenology
Phrenology is a pseudoscience which involves the measurement of bumps on the skull to predict mental traits. It is often potrayed as a 2D view of the skull and sections are split up to show what goes where in that persons mind. (First Excerpt taken from wikipedia)
