Sterilization Law

GPTKB entity

Statements (45)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:law
gptkbp:abolished many countries
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs Eugenic Sterilization Law
gptkbp:basisFor eugenics
gptkbp:controversy human rights violations
gptkbp:criticizedFor human rights organizations
bioethicists
disability advocates
gptkbp:dateEnacted various countries
gptkbp:firstEnactedIn gptkb:Indiana,_United_States
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Sterilization Law
gptkbp:influencedBy eugenics theories
gptkbp:legalChallenge gptkb:Skinner_v._Oklahoma
gptkb:Buck_v._Bell
gptkbp:notableExample gptkb:Canada
gptkb:China
gptkb:Denmark
gptkb:Finland
gptkb:Germany
gptkb:India
gptkb:Japan
gptkb:Norway
gptkb:Sweden
gptkb:Switzerland
gptkb:United_States
gptkbp:notableFor 1907
gptkbp:presentIn some countries
gptkbp:purpose to allow compulsory sterilization of certain individuals
gptkbp:relatedGroup gptkb:crime
poor people
ethnic minorities
people with intellectual disabilities
people with mental illness
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:eugenics_movement
bioethics
disability rights
reproductive rights
forced sterilization
gptkbp:subjectOf documentaries
academic research
international condemnation
compensation programs
apologies from governments
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Law_for_the_Prevention_of_Hereditarily_Diseased_Offspring
gptkbp:bfsLayer 7