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RECENT reports from the United States show that twenty-seven States in the Union have eugenic sterilisation laws on their statute books, and that up to January 1, 1933, not less than 16,066 operations have been performed in State institutions under State laws. During recent years, as the public have become educated to the need for such a measure, and as the laws have been improved in the light of experience, sterilisation has proceeded at an ever-increasing rate, and, in general, it may be accepted that the results have been satisfactory.
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State Policies of Eugenic Sterilisation. Nature 132, 221–222 (1933). https://doi.org/10.1038/132221a0
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