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To: wideawake
It's hardly Constitutional to order someone sterilized.

Actually, the SCOTUS has ruled that it is Constitutional:

On appeal, the U.S. Supreme Court in the landmark case Buck v. Bell (1927), ruled 8-1 to uphold the sterilization of Ms. Buck on the grounds she was a "deficient" mother. Chief Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., an adherent of eugenics, declared "Three generations of imbeciles are enough."

90 posted on 02/09/2005 2:51:34 PM PST by MRMEAN
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To: MRMEAN
In 78 years since Buck vs. Bell there has never been a challenge because states no longer legislate compulsory sterilization. Once Hitler rose to power 6 years after Buck vs. Bell it didn't seem so desirable a process anymore.

Rest assured that if forced sterilization were again to rise before the Supreme Court it would be found unConstitutional. Nazi-minded legislators know this and therefore do not push for compulsory sterilization.

108 posted on 02/10/2005 4:16:25 AM PST by wideawake (God bless our brave soldiers and their Commander in Chief)
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