(1 reviews) Author: Paul A Lombardo ISBN : 9780253222695 New from $22.46 Format: PDFReview
In 1907, Indiana became the first state to pass a sterilization law. The last sterilization of an Indiana resident took place in 1971. Thus, the state has the dubious honor of being the first and one of the last states to sterilize a US citizen forcibly in hopes of protecting the fit from the unfit. The subjects of this essay collection include the definitions of those two terms, the legality of the process, the culture that would rationalize such a procedure, and the uneasiness engendered in many persons by the neo-eugenic language used by supporters of the Human Genome Project. A noted historian of the eugenics movement, editor Lombardo (Georgia State Univ.) has divided this book into essays that focus upon the history of sterilization in Indiana; additional state studies, including California, which sterilized more persons than any other state; and two chapters that examine sterilization as portrayed in popular culture. The final two essays are perhaps the most important, as they look at the implications for contemporary medicine and law regarding the renewed interest in 'better breeding' as a result of the Human Genome Project. Summing Up: Recommended. All academic levels/libraries. --ChoiceD. O. Cullen, Collin College, October 2011--D. O. Cullen, Collin College (01/01/2011)
About the Author
Paul A. Lombardo is Professor of Law at Georgia State University College of Law. He is author of Three Generations, No Imbeciles: Eugenics, the Supreme Court, and Buck v. Bell.
- Series: Bioethics and the Humanities
- Paperback: 268 pages
- Publisher: Indiana University Press; 1 edition (January 6, 2011)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0253222699
- ISBN-13: 978-0253222695
- Product Dimensions: 0.9 x 5.8 x 8.8 inches
- Shipping Weight: 14.4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
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