Trouble is, the alternative is turning out to be fairly icky.
The family line of the woman I worked with as a caregiver is one case study I'm thinking of--the young woman is 29 and "has been fixed" in her words. (She likes this because it means she doesn't need to use birth control in her frequent, ill-advised, impulsive liaisons. Caregivers try to discourage this but she says they are just trying to "spoil her fun," not protecting her. D:) She is on state support, 24-7 caregivers because she can't tell time, count money or remember to wipe herself after using the toilet. Her mother is also "special needs"...state support, part-time caregivers, etc.
What, exactly, was achieved with the mother having a daughter? The daughter was in foster care from a young age because her mother can't reliably care for herself.
I don't have an answer, but I can see why eugenics proponents get there.
While abuses and overreaches happened...
The family line of the woman I worked with as a caregiver is one case study I'm thinking of--the young woman is 29 and "has been fixed" in her words. (She likes this because it means she doesn't need to use birth control in her frequent, ill-advised, impulsive liaisons. Caregivers try to discourage this but she says they are just trying to "spoil her fun," not protecting her. D:) She is on state support, 24-7 caregivers because she can't tell time, count money or remember to wipe herself after using the toilet. Her mother is also "special needs"...state support, part-time caregivers, etc.
What, exactly, was achieved with the mother having a daughter? The daughter was in foster care from a young age because her mother can't reliably care for herself.
I don't have an answer, but I can see why eugenics proponents get there.