Go ahead and chirp about Nazis. Who cares? There is a great difference between forced sterilization and birth control. Of course, you knew that, didn't you?
It was OK when regressives were giving forced sterilizations.
The United States was the first country to concertedly undertake compulsory sterilization programs for the purpose of
eugenics.
[45] The heads of the program were avid believers in eugenics and frequently argued for their program. It was shut down due to ethical problems. The principal targets of the American program were the
intellectually disabled and the
mentally ill, but also targeted under many state laws were the deaf, the blind, people with
epilepsy, and the physically deformed. While the claim was that the focus was mainly the mentally ill and disabled, the definition of this during that time was much different than today's. At this time, there were many women that were sent to institutions under the guise of being “
feeble-minded" because they were promiscuous or became pregnant while unmarried. According to the activist
Angela Davis, women of predominantly ethnic minorities (such as
Native Americans, as well as African-American women)
[46] were sterilized against their will in many states, often without their knowledge while they were in a hospital for other reasons (e.g. childbirth). For example, in
Sunflower County Mississippi, 60% of black women living there were sterilized at Sunflower City Hospital without their permission.