Forced Sterilization In America

Sterilization has been a way for the government to exert control and has been throughout history. On a global level, sterilization has been used but most practices have been abolished in the 20th century as they the impacts of such a practice was discovered.. The United States abolished sterilization in the 1950s as they had used it is as a means to control individuals that were considered inferior or dangerous. Eugenics, which means …….. was accepted as Americans believed that it helped ‘clean the gene pool.’ Despite this belief, the United States ultimately outlawed the practice. In contrast, Australia allows the practice to continue presently despite the controversy surrounding the topic and the several human rights violations they are
The Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities (CRPD) attempt to improve the conditions of those with disabilities by addressing the issues in various countries including China, Spain, Peru, Hungary, Tunisia, and the Czech Republic. Through the spread of awareness due to their organization, pressure has been placed on various governments to create reforms to improve the livelihood of those with disabilities. Furthermore, CRPD has been able to shed light on various social practices such as forced sterilization. “Quote”. Forced sterilization is against the natural human rights of everyone, including those with disabilities. The practice abolishes the right to one's’ mind and body. It gives the rights of choice, proper health, retaining the ability to be fertile, the right to procreate and the right to life to a third party that may not have one’s ‘best intention’ at heart. The rights of humans are continuously being fought for and through the work of organizations such as CRPD, awareness of the terrors of Forced Sterilization has been exposed to the public in hopes to expose the misdeeds of the
The Australian government uses this method as a way to control citizens socially as they promote a utopian lifestyle. Through the promotion of such a lifestyle, they have disassociated themselves from the practice by giving the power of sterilization to courts, creating a guideline of laws to apply to each case, although allowing the laws make ruling subjective and unsympathetic to the family’s and victim’s specific circumstance. Despite local and international disputes around the social issue, Australia has allowed this practice to continue, as long as it is within the ‘[disabled] child's best interest’. The courts provide this action as a solution to the disabled population but this does not necessarily mean they are acting in the best interest of the child. Through Australia’s social and legal negligence throughout its history, intellectually disabled children have suffered the repercussions and have paid through the loss of their reproductive rights and independent