# The Eugenic Movement in America

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**Created:** [September 4, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eugenic-movement-in-america/199491 "2003-09-04T08:26:07Z")\
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**Author:** ![The\_Mist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3da27b/32.png) [@The\_Mist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Mist)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 8:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eugenic-movement-in-america/199491/1 "2003-09-04T08:26:07Z")

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What is the history of the Eugenic Movement in the U.S. from the first incident up until today? How did it influence public policy? Where is Eugenics present in the U.S. now?

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**Author:** ![Lynn\_Bodoni](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e47c2d/32.png) [@Lynn\_Bodoni](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lynn_Bodoni)\
**Post date:** [September 4, 2003, 10:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-eugenic-movement-in-america/199491/2 "2003-09-04T10:57:28Z")

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This question is posted in the wrong forum. Normally, I’d move it to either General Questions or Great Debates, but this looks like a homework question. We don’t do other people’s homework for them.

Lynn  
For the Straight Dope