Buck Vs. Bell Case Study

The US supreme court case “Buck vs Bell” is one of the more famous ones. Most people have at least heard of the case, but a lot of people don’t know all of the facts. The trial of Buck vs Bell happened in 1927. The case was brought up by Carrie Buck and her mother Emma were said to be imbeciles. Not much later, Carrie Buck’s daughter Vivian was judged to be feebleminded. This would mean that there was 3 generations of feebleminded people. Carrie Buck was institutionalized and wa told that she needed to be sterilized. She did not want this, and sued the superintendent of the sterilization colony, Dr. JH Bell. Buck argued that this was unconstitutional, and that she had a fundamental right to procreation. Buck said that it was not part of the