How many people were sterilized under eugenically inspired
sterilization laws in the U.S. in the decade of the 1920s? Where would
we find this statistic?

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Request for Question Clarification by kriswrite-ga on 19 May 2004 12:28 PDT

I have found the statistic for how many Americans were sterilized in
the 20th century, under eugenic laws. Would this information be
appropriate?

Thank you,
Kriswrite

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Request for Question Clarification by pinkfreud-ga on 19 May 2004 12:45 PDT

I can't seem to find numbers from the precise decade you need, but
I've found separate sites that give figures for 1907-1920, for
1909-1924, and for 1907-1930. Would any or all of these be of use to
you?

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Clarification of Question by narrative-ga on 20 May 2004 06:45 PDT

What I'm looking for are numbers between the two world wars, so the
figures on the entire 20th century would not help, since people were
being sterilized through the 1970s. However, though I would prefer the
specific breakdown of numbers for the 1920s, if that's not available,
anything showing the figures before the second world war would be
helpful.

Thanks.

Fascinating!

This is just to remind myself.

Cheeky me!

Perhaps this information will be helpful:

?By the mid-1920s, more than 3,000 people had been sterilized against
their wills.? CFIF:
http://www.cfif.org/htdocs/freedomline/current/in_our_opinion/un_sterile_past.html


?By 1924, approximately 3,000 people had been involuntarily sterilized
in America; the vast majority (2,500) in California.? The Eugenics
Archive: http://www.eugenicsarchive.org/html/eugenics/essay8text.html


?Before 1930 there were 200-600 forced sterilizations per year in the
United States, but in the 1930s the rate jumped to 2,000-4,000 per
year.? Life Advocate, quoting  ?The Surgical Solution,? by  Philip R.
Reilly:  http://www.lifeadvocate.org/1_98/feature.htm


Kriswrite