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The Troubling Persistence of Eugenicist Thought

Michael Dougherty describes both early and more recent eugenic ideas in the United States, noting the how hard it might become for parents of Down Syndrome babies to allow these children to be born. He suggests the ‘new eugenics’ is unlikely to be overtly racialist like in the past, but will come to us in terms of ‘quality of life’ and ‘health and safety’.

Available online at:http://theweek.com/article/index/268986/the-troubling-persistence-of-eugenicist-thought-in-modern-america