• 1979 Virginia repeals laws allowing forcible sterilization
• 1975 Sweden abandons sterilization laws
• 1933 Nazi euthanasia program
• 1933 Nazi sterilization laws
• 1931 27 US states have sterilization laws
• 1923 American Eugenics Society
• 1920s Fitter Family Contests
• 1911 Better Baby contest
• 1910- ERO
• 1907 1st state sterilization law- US
• 1907 British Eugenics Ed. Society
• 1905 German Race Hygiene Society
• 1883 Sir Francis Galton introduces term

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