The large majority of the comments were anti-'eugenics', and also rather hysterical and Godwinizing. Further down the string there were more tolerant comments, and better written.
I didn't see anyone mention that in Margaret Sanger's time, VOLUNTARY birth control was illegal!
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.
Yes. Just because some people took the idea of 'eugenics' too far in some ways (or used it as an excuse for something politically expedient), doesn't mean there is anything wrong with the basic idea of breeding out serious inherited conditions. Even if a condition like you describe is not inherited through DNA but develops through parental neglect, still it's worth breaking the cycle.
The people claiming reparations now, might have been worse off if they had had multiple offspring -- and so would the people having to care for the offspring lifetime 24/7.
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I didn't see anyone mention that in Margaret Sanger's time, VOLUNTARY birth control was illegal!
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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.
Re: While abuses and overreaches happened...
The people claiming reparations now, might have been worse off if they had had multiple offspring -- and so would the people having to care for the offspring lifetime 24/7.