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Earlier proposed means of achieving these goals focused on selective breeding, while modern ones focus on prenatal testing, genetic counseling, birth control, in vitro fertilization, and [[genetic engineering]]. Opponents argue that eugenics is a temptation to the power hungry and is thus notably subject to corruption. Historically, some eugenics advocates have used it as a justification for state-sponsored discrimination through forced sterilization of persons deemed genetically defective, the killing of institutionalized populations, and genocide.

Earlier proposed means of achieving these goals focused on selective breeding, while modern ones focus on prenatal testing, genetic counseling, birth control, in vitro fertilization, and [[genetic engineering]]. Opponents argue that eugenics is a temptation to the power hungry and is thus notably subject to corruption. Historically, some eugenics advocates have used it as a justification for state-sponsored discrimination through forced sterilization of persons deemed genetically defective, the killing of institutionalized populations, and genocide.

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<center>For lessons on the [[topic]] of '''Eugenics''', follow [https://nordan.daynal.org/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Eugenics '''''this link'''''].</center>

The modern field and term were first formulated by Sir [[Francis Galton]] in 1883.  Eugenics became an academic discipline at many colleges and universities, and received funding from many sources. [http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v5/n5/full/7400158.html Was Nazi eugenics created in the US?]. Three International Eugenics Conferences presented a global venue for eugenicists with meetings in 1912 in London, and in 1921 and 1932 in New York. Eugenics' scientific reputation started to tumble in the 1930s, a time when [[Ernst Rüdin]] began incorporating eugenic rhetoric into the racial policies of Nazi Germany, and when proponents of eugenics among American scientists and thinkers prompted a backlash in the public. The Swedish Social Democratic Party created the world's second largest eugenics program, which they continued until 1975.

The modern field and term were first formulated by Sir [[Francis Galton]] in 1883.  Eugenics became an academic discipline at many colleges and universities, and received funding from many sources. [http://www.nature.com/embor/journal/v5/n5/full/7400158.html Was Nazi eugenics created in the US?]. Three International Eugenics Conferences presented a global venue for eugenicists with meetings in 1912 in London, and in 1921 and 1932 in New York. Eugenics' scientific reputation started to tumble in the 1930s, a time when [[Ernst Rüdin]] began incorporating eugenic rhetoric into the racial policies of Nazi Germany, and when proponents of eugenics among American scientists and thinkers prompted a backlash in the public. The Swedish Social Democratic Party created the world's second largest eugenics program, which they continued until 1975.