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Efforts to shape American Families -Unfit vs Fit individuals After the second sentence: The history of Eugenics categorizes and helps us distinguish between able and disabled people. Eugenics is known as the practice of policies that promote the reproduction of individuals with desired characteristics but exclude people with disabilities. Eugenics' core principle is that the world, and everyone in it, would be fine if everybody was walking around healthy. Prenatal screening is linked to eugenics in order to decide whether an unborn child may have a disability or disease. Down syndrome is an excellent example. Down syndrome is an unclear illness that differs from person to person. So if a woman with a fetus receives a prenatal diagnosis of Down syndrome, she would be concerned for her unborn child's cognitive and physical development. Her unborn child could be impacted. The diagnosis test only identifies whether the fetus has clear chromosomal markings or not. In comparison to a woman having a child with down syndrome who can go through life and be healthy and successful, while one fetus can be born, diagnosed with down syndrome, and not survive. These examples demonstrate that conducting screen test is a Eugenic method

Sterilization without consent (New section) Ann Cooper Hewitt's mother, without her permission, had her sterilized in 1936. Ann Cooper Hewitt's father stated that if she died without having children, her inheritance would be given to her mother. Her appendix was removed when she was having surgery. Ann Cooper was overwhelmed with questions about which she had no responses. Whenever a surgeon performs an operation, he or she immediately assumes that Ann Cooper lacked intelligence which the surgeon felt the need to proceed with sterilization. It is unfortunate that people have to deal with situations.

Alexandra Stern, professor of obstetrics and gynecology, focuses on this history of eugenics The International Federation of Gynecology and Obstetrics (FIGO) issued new guidelines and rules on female consent and contraceptive sterilization in June 2011. The guidelines were developed specifically for disabled women and girls. They also were created to be included with laws or policies pertaining to sterilization practices.

Among the guidelines were -The informed consent for sterilization has to come from the women herself. -Only women with disabilities are ethically and morally capable of providing valid consent on their own. This includes spouses, family and friends. -All information must be provided in a language that the women can understand, whether written, spoken, or sign language. -Women with disabilities must be given information that helps them understand the sterilization procedure. The doctor must ensure that the patients have proper understanding of the risks and benefits

Eugenics, sterilization, and the African American Community -Eugenics during the civil rights era

Thomas, G., & Rothman, B. (2016, April 01). Keeping the backdoor to eugenics ajar?: Disability and the future of prenatal screening. Retrieved April 08, 2021, from https://journalofethics.ama-assn.org/article/keeping-backdoor-eugenics-ajar-disability-and-future-prenatal-screening/2016-04 Sterilization of women and girls with disabilities. (2020, October 28). Retrieved April 08, 2021, from https://www.hrw.org/news/2011/11/10/sterilization-women-and-girls-disabilities#

Crowell, R. (2019, October 8). Why America’s Quest for a Superior Human is Left Out of History. Rewire. Retrieved March 04, 2021,