"The more severely burdened should not propagate themselves… If we do nothing but make mental and physical cripples capable of propagating themselves, and the healthy stocks have to limit the number of their children because so much has to be done for the maintenance of others, if natural selection is generally suppressed, then unless we will get new measures our race must rapidly deteriorate."
Eugenics is a largely discredited set of beliefs and practices that aim to improve the genetic quality of a human population. Historically, eugenicists have attempted to alter the frequency of various human phenotypes by inhibiting the fertility of those considered inferior, often through forced sterilization, or promoting that of those considered superior.
"To aid the bad in multiplying is, in effect, the same as maliciously providing for our descendants a multitude of enemies. Institutions which foster good-for-nothings commit an unquestionable injury because they put a stop to that natural process of elimination by which society continually purifies itself."
Eugenics"60,000 Reichsmark is what this person suffering from a hereditary defect costs the Peoples community during his lifetime. Fellow citizen, that is your money too."
Eugenics"[N]o man shall be subjected to any sort of mutilation or sterilisation except with his own deliberate consent, freely given."
Eugenics"[T]he campaign for Birth Control is not merely of eugenic value, but is practically identical in ideal, with the final aims of Eugenics."
Eugenics"All practices aimed at eugenics, any use of the human body or any of its parts for financial gain, and human cloning shall be prohibited."
Eugenics"The only remedy, if one be possible at all, is to alter the relative fertility of the good and the bad stocks in the community."
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