“Society can prevent those who are manifestly unfit from continuing their kind. The principle that sustains compulsory vaccination is broad enough to cover cutting the Fallopian tubes. Jacobson v Massachusetts, 197 US 11. Three generations of imbeciles are enough.48(p207)
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Jacobson was cited as support for the general principle that public welfare was sufficient to justify involuntary sterilization.”
"Three generations of imbeciles takers are enough"