Eugenics, which reached its height in the 1930s, was a pseudo-scientific movement which led the way in forced sterilizations of people deemed «unfit» or «undesirable» based on subjective criteria like social class, low I.Q., high sex drive. (relevantmagazine.com)
In the past, theories of a link between low intelligence and criminal behavior, for example, sparked a movement of «coercive eugenics,» which resulted in forced sterilizations in the name of crime control. (scientificamerican.com)
The excesses of the one - child policy, such as forced sterilizations and abortions, would eventually meet with global opprobrium. (bookbrowse.com)