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March 21, 1905

On This Date in TWISTED-HISTORY.com! in 1905, the Pennsylvania legislature passed a sterilization bill that would require the forced sterilization of inmates of institutions who were idiotic, imbeciles, epileptic, feeble-minded or insane and the forced sterilization would improve their living condition and help prevent the birthing of others like them. Pennsylvania Governor Samuel Pennypacker vetoed … Continue reading

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