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REPORT OF THE SECRETARY TO THE EUGENICS BOARD OF NORTH CAROLINA The North Carolina sterilization law provides for the sterilization or asexualization of mentally diseased, epileptic and feebleminded persons when it is believed to be for the best interest of the mental, moral or physical improvement of the individual; or when it is believed to be for the public good; or when such individual would be likely, uriless operated upon, to procreate a child or children who would have a tendency to serious physical, mental or nervous disease or deficiency. There are many misconceptions of the purposes of eugenical sterilization. The operation for both men and women is now comparatively simple. It has one effect only—it prevents parenthood. It is not a punishment but, on the contrary, it is a protection to the individual as well as to society, and therefore should carry no stigma or humiliation. Sterilization is not a solution for behavior problems. Sterilization permits patients, who would otherwise be confined to institutions during the fertile period of life, to return to their homes and friends. The North Carolina law is based on the principle contained in the following quotations from Eugenics for March, 1930: % “We do not know precisely to what extent mental defects and psychopathic conditions are inherited. But we do know that on the whole, feebleminded and insane persons who are permitted to propagate their kind, raise families in a most unfavorable home environment.” The effects of asexualization are more drastic than those of sterilization. For this reason the Eugenics Board authorizes this operation only under unusual circumstances upon the specific recommendation of the examining physician. During the biennial period ended June 30, 1944, a total of 269 sterilization operations were performed under authorization of the Eugenics Board. Three hundred and twenty-eight petitions for sterilization were presented to the Board for consideration during this period, and the Board authorized sterilization in 309
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Fixed Title * | NCHH-08: Biennial Report of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina [1934-1966] |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina [1934-1966] |
Subject Topical | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Involuntary sterilization -- North Carolina -- Statistics. |
Subject Topical Other | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Sterilization -- North Carolina. |
Description | Began with the 1st report (1934-1936) |
Creator | North Carolina. Eugenics Board. |
Publisher | [Raleigh]: N.C. Eugenics Board, 1936-. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1942-1944 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-005 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 5 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
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Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-005 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-08 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2458531 |
Revision History | done |
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Fixed Title * | Page 7 |
Document Title | Biennial Report of the Eugenics Board of North Carolina [1934-1966] |
Subject Topical | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Involuntary sterilization -- North Carolina -- Statistics. |
Subject Topical Other | Eugenics -- North Carolina.; Sterilization -- North Carolina. |
Description | Began with the 1st report (1934-1936) |
Creator | North Carolina. Eugenics Board. |
Publisher | [Raleigh]: N.C. Eugenics Board, 1936-. |
Repository | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Health Sciences Library. |
Host | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill |
Date | 1942-1944 |
Identifier | NCHH-08-005-0011 |
Form General | Periodicals |
Page Type | all; report/review |
Language | English |
Rights | This item is part of the North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection. Some materials in the Collection are protected by U.S. copyright law. This item is presented by the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill for research and educational purposes. It may not be republished or distributed without permission of the Health Sciences Library. |
Filename | biennialreporteug05nort_0011.jp2 |
Digital Collection | North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection |
Sponsor | The North Carolina History of Health Digital Collection is an open access publishing initiative of the Health Sciences Library of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Financial support for the initiative was provided in part by a multi-year NC ECHO (Exploring Cultural Heritage Online) digitization grant, awarded by the State Library of North Carolina, and funded through the Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA). |
Volume Number | 5 |
Page Number | 7 |
Health Discipline | Public Health |
Full Text | REPORT OF THE SECRETARY TO THE EUGENICS BOARD OF NORTH CAROLINA The North Carolina sterilization law provides for the sterilization or asexualization of mentally diseased, epileptic and feebleminded persons when it is believed to be for the best interest of the mental, moral or physical improvement of the individual; or when it is believed to be for the public good; or when such individual would be likely, uriless operated upon, to procreate a child or children who would have a tendency to serious physical, mental or nervous disease or deficiency. There are many misconceptions of the purposes of eugenical sterilization. The operation for both men and women is now comparatively simple. It has one effect only—it prevents parenthood. It is not a punishment but, on the contrary, it is a protection to the individual as well as to society, and therefore should carry no stigma or humiliation. Sterilization is not a solution for behavior problems. Sterilization permits patients, who would otherwise be confined to institutions during the fertile period of life, to return to their homes and friends. The North Carolina law is based on the principle contained in the following quotations from Eugenics for March, 1930: % “We do not know precisely to what extent mental defects and psychopathic conditions are inherited. But we do know that on the whole, feebleminded and insane persons who are permitted to propagate their kind, raise families in a most unfavorable home environment.” The effects of asexualization are more drastic than those of sterilization. For this reason the Eugenics Board authorizes this operation only under unusual circumstances upon the specific recommendation of the examining physician. During the biennial period ended June 30, 1944, a total of 269 sterilization operations were performed under authorization of the Eugenics Board. Three hundred and twenty-eight petitions for sterilization were presented to the Board for consideration during this period, and the Board authorized sterilization in 309 |
Digital Format | JPEG 2000 |
Print / Download PDF Version | http://archives.hsl.unc.edu/nchh/nchh-08/nchh-08-005.pdf |
Document Sort | all; nchh-08 |
Volume Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/identi/searchterm/NCHH-08-005 |
Title Link | http://dc.lib.unc.edu/cdm/search/collection/nchh/field/documa/searchterm/NCHH-08 |
Catalog Record link | http://search.lib.unc.edu/search?R=UNCb2458531 |
Revision History | done |
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