>Date: Mon, 14 Feb 2000 22:04:14 -0500 >From: "ÁÎ×Ó'â HenryC.K.Liu >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Swiss time: 4:01 (15. 2. 2000) > > LATEST NEWS > > US eugenics worse than previously believed, study > shows > A new study has revealed the extent of forced >sterilisation > programmes carried out in the United States, and likened > them to those of Nazi Germany. > Researchers at Yale University say the eugenics movement > in America was conducted for longer and on a larger scale > than previously thought. > They said that, despite assumptions that interest in >selective > breeding waned after the 1920s, evidence showed that it > continued well into the 1960s. > Forced sterilisation was made legal in 18 states, in the >belief > it could rid society of mental illness and crime. > > > > 15.02.2000 00:57, Swiss Radio International > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
