eugenics

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In spring 2021, the Legislature apologized to all Vermonters and their families and descendants who were harmed by state-sanctioned eugenics policies and practices that led to sterilizations.

From Seattle Times

“Names of pet animals are discouraged,” the guidelines note, and historical figures associated with “the slave trade, genocide or eugenics” are not acceptable.

From New York Times

It is also an allegory for the "forgetting" of colonising powers, the slave trade, eugenics and the historical horrors of science where black people were used for experimentation.

From Salon

It’s an eerie mix of domestic charm and eugenics, in unclear proportions.

From New York Times

She hadn’t even talked to her family or friends about whether she wanted children, and here was a man she barely knew speaking to her about eugenics.

From Washington Post