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Sterilization Act of 1924
By: Nathalie Antonios
| Published: Apr 14, 2011
The passage of the Virginia Sterilization Act of 1924 demonstrates how science has been used to drive policy throughout history. In the case of the…
LawEugenicsReproductionpublic health
Laparoscopic Tubal Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Aug 26, 2024
Laparoscopic tubal sterilization is a set of surgical techniques that use laparoscopy to render people with female reproductive systems sterile, or…
Female SterilizationReproductive SterilizationSterilization, ReproductiveReproductive System, FemaleLaparoscopy
Vasectomy for Male Sterilization
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 03, 2024
A vasectomy is a surgery that works to inhibit reproduction by interrupting the passage of sperm through the vas deferens, a tube in the male…
VasectomyVasovasostomyVasectomy ReversalEugenicsSterilization, Reproductive
Eugenical Sterilization in the United States (1922), by Harry H. Laughlin
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Aug 12, 2015
Eugenical Sterilization in the United States is a 1922 book in which author Harry H. Laughlin argues for the necessity of compulsory sterilization in…
LiteratureEugenicsInvoluntary SterilizationHeredityEugenics Record Office
“The Stein-Leventhal Syndrome: A Curable Form of Sterility” (1958), by Irving Freiler Stein Sr.
By: Lexi Darby
| Published: Jun 28, 2017
In 1958, Irving Freiler Stein Sr. published “The Stein-Leventhal Syndrome: A Curable Form of Sterility” documenting his findings on the diagnosis and…
LiteraturePolycystic ovary syndromeSclerocystic Ovarian DegenerationGynecologyInfertility
“The Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy after Tubal Sterilization” (1997), by Herbert B. Peterson, Zhisen Xia, Joyce M. Hughes, Lynne S. Wilcox, Lisa Ratliff Tylor, and James Trussell
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 05, 2025
In 1997, Herbert B. Peterson and colleagues published “The Risk of Ectopic Pregnancy after Tubal Sterilization,” hereafter “The Risk of Ectopic…
Female SterilizationMale SterilizationTubal sterilizationEctopic PregnancyObservational Study
Buck v. Bell (1927)
By: Nathalie Antonios, Christina Raup
| Published: Jan 01, 2012
In 1927, the US Supreme Court case Buck v. Bell set the legal precedent that states may sterilize inmates of public institutions because the court…
LawEugenicsConstitutional courtsSterilization (Birth control)Involuntary Sterilization
Skinner v. Oklahoma (1942)
By: Rachel Gur-Arie
| Published: Aug 27, 2016
In 1942, the United States Supreme Court Case of Skinner v. Oklahoma ruled that states could not legally sterilize those inmates of prisons deemed…
LawCompulsory SterilizationSupreme Court DecisionsEugenicsInvoluntary Sterilization
Human Betterment Foundation (1928-1942)
By: Jill Briggs
| Published: Jul 10, 2013
In 1928 Ezra Seymour Gosney founded the non-profit Human Betterment Foundation (HBF) in Pasadena, California to support the research and publication…
OrganizationCaliforniaInvoluntary SterilizationSterilization (Birth control)Human reproduction
Harry Clay Sharp (1870-1940)
By: Cole Nichols
| Published: Jun 08, 2022
Harry Clay Sharp was a surgeon who performed one of the first recorded vasectomies with the purpose of sterilizing a patient. Sterilization is the…
VasectomyEugenicsSterilizationFamily PlanningMale Sterilization