Population Growth, Social Darwinism and Eugenics
- What are the arguments made IN FAVOR of controlling populations through sterilization? (Why are governments doing it? WHO are they doing it to, and why?)
- Assessing everything you’ve learned in this week’s required readings and videos – and the issues that come with population growth – do you think governments should attempt to control populations through sterilization? Why or why not?
- If not, what is a better way for governments to deal with overpopulation issues?
- Should governments try to control fertility and population growth at all? Is population growth really a problem for economic development?
- What are your thoughts on the population growth debate?
Be sure to cite your arguments with facts, evidence, and examples from the readings and films and include a Work Cited!
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Eugenicist Movement in America: Victims Coming Forward
No Más Bebés: ICE Hysterectomy Scandal Recalls 1970s LA, When a Hospital Sterilized Chicana Patients
Peruvian women alleging forced sterilization seek justice
Inside an Indian Sterilization Camp
https://www.npr.org/2020/09/18/914465793/ice-a-whi…
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/dec/22/ic…